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Fall 2018
Vertebrate vision is mediated through the absorption of light by the rod and the cone photoreceptors. Early jawed vertebrates initially had four cone subtypes, which sampled different regions of the visual spectrum to allow colour vision, and a single rod type which enabled vision in dim light....
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Regulatory factors gdf6a, tbx2b, and thr beta in generation of multiple cone photoreceptor subtypes; and intersections of genetic factors SOD1, TDP43, and gdf6a in zebrafish models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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The work within this thesis may be divided into two major foci with a unifying theme of understanding neurodegeneration and expanding the foundational knowledge necessary for treatment of two major degenerative diseases: macular degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To these ends the...