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Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates pp 665–679Cite as

Genetic Approach to a Visual System

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 6 / 6 A))

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Congenital diseases of vision have been investigated for a long time by ophthalmologists, and our knowledge about vision in man has been strongly influenced by these studies. But the usefulness of mutants in animal studies on vision has only recently been discovered. In the last decade fruitfly, mouse, cat, halobacterium, and even a white tiger entered the genetic literature on vision. Is the genetics of vision a new branch of science, is it a new (or newly sharpened) tool in neurobiology, or is it merely a new label for scattered work which happens to deal with genetic aspects of vision in animals?

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Heisenberg, M. (1979). Genetic Approach to a Visual System. In: Autrum, H. (eds) Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 6 / 6 A. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66999-6_12

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