Comparing nocturnal and diurnal rodents helps scientists understand a human eye disease

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - 15:00 in Biology & Nature

By venturing beyond the lab mouse to study the eyes of diurnal small mammals, scientists have uncovered a difference in the composition of rod and cone cell membranes that may explain how a genetic form of macular dystrophy targets only parts of the retina.

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