Abstract
The molecular players that direct the development of mammalian photoreceptors are slowly coming into focus. A study that elucidates the cause of enhanced S-cone syndrome, a disorder that may be caused by a distortion of retinal cell fate, reveals one such factor—although questions about its effects remain.
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Cepko, C. Giving in to the blues. Nat Genet 24, 99–100 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/72887
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