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Animal models in eye research
- Title
- Animal models in eye research / edited by Pangiotis A. Tsonis.
- Publication
- San Diego : Academic Press, 2008.
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- Additional Authors
- Tsonis, Panagiotis A.
- Description
- xiv, 215 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm
- Summary
- "Animal Models in Eye Research presents a variety of animal models from bacteria to primates that are commonly used for eye research and provides analysis on their utility in evaluating different aspects of development, evolution, physiology, regeneration and diseases of the eye. This unique title is of interest to all students, researchers and clinicians working with the eye."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographic references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Anatomical and Functional Diversity of Animal Eyes / Elke K. Buschbeck -- 2. The Simplest Eyes: Rhodopsin-mediated Phototaxis Reception in Microorganisms / John L. Spudich and Elena N. Spudich -- 3. The Planarian Eye: A Simple and Plastic System with Great Regenerative Capacity / Emili Salo and Renata Batistoni -- 4. Development of the Drosophila melanogaster Eye: from Precursor Specification to Terminal Differentiation / Simon G. Sprecher and Claude Desplan -- 5. The Antarctic Toothfish: A New Model System for Eye Lens Biology / Andor J. Kiss -- 6. Xenopus, an Ideal Vertebrate System for Studies of Eye Development and Regeneration / Jonathan J. Henry, Jason M. Wever, M. Natalia Vergara and Lisa Fukui -- 7. The Newt as a Model for Eye Regeneration / Meagan Roddy and Panagiotis A. Tsonis -- 8. The Chick as a Model for Retina Development and Regeneration / Teri L. Belecky-Adams, Tracy Haynes, Jonathan M. Wilson and Katia Del Rio-Tsonis -- 9. Eye Development Using Mouse Genetics / Ni Song and Richard A. Lang -- 10. Epithelial Explants and Their Application to Study Developmental Processes in the Lens / F. J. Lovicu and J. W. McAvoy -- 11. Mouse Models of the Cornea and Lens: Understanding Ocular Disease / Satori A. Marchitti, J. Bronwyn Bateman, J. Mark Petrash and Vasilis Vasiliou -- 12. Deciphering Irradiance Detection in the Mammalian Retina / Robert J. Lucas, Daniela Vallone and Nicholas S. Foulkes -- 13. The Rabbit in Cataract/IOL Surgery / Arlene Gwon -- 14. The Primate in Cataract/IOL Surgery / Arlene Gwon.
- ISBN
- 9780123741691
- 0123741696
- LCCN
- 40016006746
- OCLC
- 229026137
- ocn229026137
- SCSB-5443436
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries