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Spotlight on the evolution of vision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2013

Nansi Jo Colley  and
John E. Dowling
Nansi Jo Colley*
Affiliation:
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, Department of Genetics, McPherson Eye Research Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792
John E. Dowling
Affiliation:
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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Visual Neuroscience , Volume 30 , Issue 1-2 , March 2013 , pp. 1 - 3
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