An enigmatic translocation of the vertebrate primordial eye field

Abstract The primordial eye field of the vertebrate embryo is a single entity of retinal progenitor cells spanning the anterior neural plate before bifurcating to form bilateral optic vesicles. Here we review fate mapping data from zebrafish suggesting that prior to evagination of the optic vesicles...

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Published in:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Main Authors: R. G. Loosemore, S. D. Matthaei, T. C. Stanger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01693-6