Vertebrate Eye Development
The power of molecular genetics has recently returned the discipline of Developmental Biology to its original position at the forefront of biological research. The vertebrate eye was one of the classic embryologic models in the early 1900s. Within the las
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M. Elizabeth Fini (Ed.)
Vertebrate Eye Development With 37 Figures
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ELIZABETH FINI, PH.
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Vision Research Laboratories New England Eye Center Tufts University School of Medicine 750 Washington Street, Box 450 Boston, MA 02111 USA
ISBN 978-3-642-53678-6 ISBN 978-3-540-46826-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-46826-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vertebrate eye develop men tiM. Elizabeth Fini. p. em - (Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation; 31) Includes bibliographical references (p.). 1. Eye-Growth. 2. Eye-Differentiation. 3. Eye-Cytology. 4. Developmental biology. 1. Fini, M. Elizabeth. II. Series.
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Acknowledgements
The Editor wishes to acknowledge two of her previous fellows, Judith WestMays, PhD and Katherine Strissel, PhD, for their significant contribution to her education in eye development, and expresses gratitude to her chairman, Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, for creating a situation that made this education possible. Thanks are also extended to Ms Laoti Russo for her expert editorial assistance. This project was supported by grants from the National Eye Institute (EY09828 and EY12651) and from the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (AR42981). The Editor is a Jules and Doris Stein Research to Prevent Blindness Professor. Boston, January 2000 M. Elizabeth Fini
Preface
"Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?" Leonardo da Vinci
The last years of the 20th century have found the discipline of Developmental Biology returning to its original position at the forefront of biological research. This progress can be attributed to the burgeoning knowledge base on molecules and gene families, and to the power of the mo
