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Forward genetic analysis of visual behavior in zebrafish.
PLoS genetics - 1 Nov 2005
Muto Akira, Orger Michael B, Wehman Ann M, Smear Matthew C, Kay Jeremy N, Page-McCaw Patrick S, Gahtan Ethan, Xiao Tong, Nevin Linda M, Gosse Nathan J, Staub Wendy, Finger-Baier Karin, Baier Herwig
Abstract excerpt
The visual system converts the distribution and wavelengths of photons entering the eye into patterns of neuronal activity, which then drive motor and endocrine behavioral responses. The gene products important for visual processing by a living and behaving vertebrate animal have not been identified in an unbiased fashion. Likewise, the genes that affect development of the nervous system to shape visual function...
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