Ocular regression conceals adaptive progression of the visual system in a blind subterranean mammal

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• Publication year

  1993

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  1993-01-14

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1038/361156A0PMID 7678449
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