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SCIENCE STUDIO: Dwarf Eye

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  In a rebroadcast from May 9, 2010, Keith & Russ talk with Olof Sundin, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at Texas Tech University Sciences Center in El Paso.  Dr. Sundin talks about nanophthalmos, or "dwarf eye," syndrome, an unusual genetic condition in which one of the eyes is fully functional, but smaller than the normal eye.  How do genetic mutations cause this syndrome, and what generally regulates the growth & shape of the eye?  

Aired June 15, 2014.

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