Screen LibraryAnimal models in eye research
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Elsevier/Academic Press,
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| Publisher Address: | San Diego, CA |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 215 p.: ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780123741691 0123741696 |
| Index Number: | Q436 |
| CLC: | Q436 |
| Call Number: | Q436/A598 |
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Includes bibliographic references and index. Anatomical and functional diversity of animal eyes -- The simplest eyes: rhodopsin-mediated phototaxis reception in microorganisms -- The planarian eye: a simple and plastic system with great regenerative capacity -- Development of the Drosophila melanogaster eye: from precursor specification to terminal differentiation -- The Antarctic toothfish: a new model system for eye lens biology -- Xenopus, an ideal vertebrate system for studies of eye development and regeneration -- The newt as a model for eye regeneration -- The chick as a model for retina development and regeneration -- Eye development using mouse genetics -- Epithelial explants and their application to study developmental processes in the lens -- Mouse models of the cornea and lens: understanding ocular disease -- Deciphering irradiance detection in the mammalian retina -- The rabbit in cataract/IOL surgery -- The primate in cataract/IOL surgery. |