Primary Recipient

HARVARD COLLEGE, PRESIDENT & FELLOWS OF

Amount

$126,475.00

Award Date

1/29/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The zebrafish is an ideal model system in which to study the effects of genetic mutations on eye development and function. Its retina contains four types of cones as well as abundant rods, and the animals are highly responsive visually, enabling the analy