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A mutation in the connexin 50 (Cx50) gene is a candidate for the No2 mouse cataract

Ernest C. Steele Jr. Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Mary F. Lyon Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Jack Favor Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Pascale V. Guillot Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Yvonne Boyd Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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Robert L. Church Emory Eye Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2 MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK and 3 Institute of Mammalian Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for the Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
Pages 883-889 | Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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