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Zebrafish models of human eye and inner ear diseases.
Methods in cell biology - 1 Jan 2017
Blanco-Sánchez B, Clément A, Phillips J B, Westerfield M
Abstract excerpt
Eye and inner ear diseases are the most common sensory impairments that greatly impact quality of life. Zebrafish have been intensively employed to understand the fundamental mechanisms underlying eye and inner ear development. The zebrafish visual and vestibulo-acoustic systems are very similar to these in humans, and although not yet mature, they are functional by 5days post-fertilization (dpf). In this...
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