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Research Papers

A fish eye out of water: epithelial surface projections on aerial and aquatic corneas of the ‘four‐eyed fish’Anableps anableps

, BSc, , PhD & , PhD
Pages 140-145 | Received 27 Jan 2011, Accepted 11 Sep 2011, Published online: 15 Apr 2021

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