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Heritability of lenticular myopia in English Springer spaniels.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 8 Nov 2013
Kubai Melissa A, Labelle Amber L, Hamor Ralph E, Mutti Donald O, Famula Thomas R, Murphy Christopher J
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PURPOSE: We determined whether naturally-occurring lenticular myopia in English Springer spaniels (ESS) has a genetic component. METHODS: Streak retinoscopy was performed on 226 related ESS 30 minutes after the onset of pharmacologic mydriasis and cycloplegia. A pedigree was constructed to determine relationships between affected offspring and parents. Estimation of heritability was done in a Bayesian analysis...
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