D M Juriloff et al.
Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society, 11(6), 440-447 (2000-05-20)
In mammals, during fetal development, the eyelids grow and flatten over the eyes and temporarily fuse closed. Failure of this normal developmental process in mice leads to the defect, open-eyelids-at-birth. Nearly all newborns of the GP/Bc strain, homozygous for the