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Slow-progressing photoreceptor cell degeneration in night blindness c mutant zebrafish.
Journal of neurocytology - 1 Nov 2003
Maaswinkel Hans, Ren Jason Q, Li Lei
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We describe here the morphological and functional alterations of the retina of mutant zebrafish, night blindness c ( nbc ). The nbc mutant was isolated from the F1 generation of N -ethyl- N -nitrosourea mutagenized founders. Visual sensitivity of wildtype and heterozygous ( nbc (+/-)) mutant fish was determined using a behavioral assay based on visually mediated escape responses. Histology, immunocytochemistry,...
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