Development of the Vertebrate Retina
The vertebrate retina has a form that is closely and clearly linked to its func tion. Though its fundamental cellular architecture is conserved across verte brates, the retinas of individual species show variations that are also of clear and direct func
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PERSPECTIVES IN VISION RESEARCH Series Editor: Colin Blakemore University of Oxford Oxford, England Development of the Vertebrate Retina Edited by Barbara L. Finlay and Dale R. Sengelaub
Parallel Processing in the Visual System THE CLASSIFICATION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF VISION Jonathan Stone
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Development of the Vertebrate Retina Edited by
Barbara L. Finlay Cornell University Ithaca, New York
and
Dale R. Sengelaub Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Development of the vertebrate retina I edited by Barbara L. Finlay and Dale R. Sengelaub. p. cm. -(Perspectives in vision research) Based on papers presented at a conference held at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in June 1987. Includes bibliographies and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5594-6 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4684-5592-2 DOl: 10.1 007/978-1-4684-5592-2 1. Retina-Growth-Congresses. 2. Retina-Differentiation-Congresses. I. Finlay, Barbara L. (Barbara La Verne), 1950. II. Sengelaub, Dale Robert, 1956. III. Series. [DNLM: 1. Retina-growth & development-congresses. 2. Vertebrates-congresses. WW 270 D489 1987) QP479.D48 1989 596'.03'32-dc19 DNLM/DLC 88-38829 for Library of Congress CIP
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Contributors
Lyn D. Beazley • Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands Western Australia 6009, Australia Lee-Ann Coleman • Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands Western Australia 6009, Australia Ursula C. Drager • Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 Sarah A. Dunlop • Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands Western Australia 6009, Australia Russell D. Fernald • Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403 Barbara L. Finlay • Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 Richard L. Fortney • Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois 60612, and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60680 Alison M. Harman • Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands Western Australia 6009, Australia Sally G. Hoskins • Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New Yo
