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Canine and Feline Models of Inherited Retinal Diseases.
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine - 1 Feb 2024
Petersen-Jones Simon M, Komáromy András M
Abstract excerpt
Naturally occurring inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) in cats and dogs provide a rich source of potential models for human IRDs. In many cases, the phenotypes between the species with mutations of the homologous genes are very similar. Both cats and dogs have a high-acuity retinal region, the area centralis, an equivalent to the human macula, with tightly packed photoreceptors and higher cone density. This and...
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