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Visual System Anomaly associated with Albinism in the Cat

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ALBINISM is associated with functional incompetence of the non-decussating optic fibres. Discovered in the Norwegian rat1, the incompetence has been confirmed and extended in behavioural, anatomical and electrophysiological studies of rats and rabbits2–5. Because sensory-neural deficiencies have also been observed in human albinos6, it is possible that this anomaly of the visual pathway is a highly general, trans-species phenomenon. To obtain further evidence, I performed electrophysiological studies on both the natural-population feline and its Siamese (that is, albinic) counterpart7.

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  1. Veterans Administration Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, 64128

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CREEL, D. Visual System Anomaly associated with Albinism in the Cat. Nature 231, 465–466 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231465a0

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