Canine retina has a primate fovea-like bouquet of cone photoreceptors which is affected by inherited macular degenerations.

Canine retina has a primate fovea-like bouquet of cone photoreceptors which is affected by inherited macular degenerations.

Retinal areas of specialization confer vertebrates with the ability to scrutinize corresponding regions of their visual field with greater resolution. A highly specialized area found in haplorhine primates (including humans) is the fovea centralis which is defined by a high density of cone photorece...

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Main Authors: William A Beltran, Artur V Cideciyan, Karina E Guziewicz, Simone Iwabe, Malgorzata Swider, Erin M Scott, Svetlana V Savina, Gordon Ruthel, Frank Stefano, Lingli Zhang, Richard Zorger, Alexander Sumaroka, Samuel G Jacobson, Gustavo D Aguirre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3944008?pdf=render

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