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In albino mammals, the absence of pigmentation in the eye is associated with abnormalities of the visual pathway and these result in a scrambled input to the visual centres of the brain. Recent research on Siamese cats, in which more than one pattern of abnormality has been found, shows that there are several ways in which the cortex can deal with the abnormal input, and is beginning to define the rules according to which the cortex selects its inputs.
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Guillery, R., Casagrande, V. & Oberdorfer, M. Congenitally abnormal vision in Siamese cats. Nature 252, 195–199 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252195a0
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