Avian Cone Photoreceptors Tile the Retina as Five Independent, Self-Organizing Mosaics

Yoseph A. Kram; Stephanie Mantey; Joseph C. Corbo

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008992

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Avian Cone Photoreceptors Tile the Retina as Five Independent, Self-Organizing Mosaics

Yoseph A. Kram,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Stephanie Mantey,

Current address: The University of Michigan Flint; Flint, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Joseph C. Corbo

* E-mail: jcorbo@pathology.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
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Avian Cone Photoreceptors Tile the Retina as Five Independent, Self-Organizing Mosaics

Yoseph A. Kram,
Stephanie Mantey,
Joseph C. Corbo

Published: February 1, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008992

About the Authors

Yoseph A. Kram

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Stephanie Mantey

Current address: The University of Michigan Flint; Flint, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Joseph C. Corbo

* E-mail: jcorbo@pathology.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YAK JCC. Performed the experiments: YAK SM JCC. Analyzed the data: YAK JCC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YAK JCC. Wrote the paper: JCC.

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