New mouse primary retinal degeneration (rd-3).

doi:10.1006/geno.1993.1138

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New mouse primary retinal degeneration (rd-3).

Genomics - 1 Apr 1993

Chang B, Heckenlively J R, Hawes N L, Roderick T H

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A new mouse retinal degeneration that appears to be an excellent candidate for modeling human retinitis pigmentosa is reported. In this degeneration, called rd-3, differentiation proceeds postnatally through 2 weeks, and photoreceptor degeneration starts by 3 weeks. The rod photoreceptor loss is...

Topics

Age Factors
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Disease Models, Animal
Electroretinography
Mice
Mice, Mutant Strains
Phenotype
Retinal Degeneration

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