Restoring sight in blind cavefish

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Borowsky, Richard [1 ]
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[1] NYU, Dept Biol, New York, NY 10003 USA
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10.1016/j.cub.2007.11.023
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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