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Nature Genetics 40, 1275 - 1276 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng1108-1275
Photoreceptors in evolution and disease
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Boaz Cook is in the Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.
e-mail: bcook@scripps.edu -
Andrew C. Zelhof is in the Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
e-mail: azelhof@indiana.edu
Abstract
A new study identifies the gene that, when mutated, causes autosomal recessive retinitis pigmentosa 25 (arRP25). The RP25 gene encodes an ortholog of Drosophila spacemaker (eyes shut), thus emphasizing common biological functions between Drosophila sensory systems and the human eye.
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