Introduction – from eye field to eyesight
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Vision begins at the retina, a light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that comprises highly organized, laminated networks of nerve cells. Investigating the mechanisms of retinal development is fundamentally important to gaining a basic knowledge of how vision is established. In this book, we present the sequence of developmental events and the mechanisms involved in shaping the structure and function of the vertebrate retina.
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