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Science 29 September 1978:
Vol. 201. no. 4362, pp. 1249 - 1251
DOI: 10.1126/science.694514
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Science, Vol 201, Issue 4362, 1249-1251
Copyright © 1978 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Extreme myopia produced by modest change in early visual experience

J Wallman, J Turkel, and J Trachtman

Chicks whose vision was restricted to the frontal visual field became extremely myopic (mean, -10 diopters; maximum, -24 diopters) and had eyes of increased axial length. Animals restricted to lateral field vision did not differ from normal animals. Monocular deprivation of form vision also produced myopia and eye enlargement and, in addition, produced increased anterior chamber depth.


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