Non-human animals suffer from myopia and hypermetropia.
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Non-human animals experience refractive errors like myopia and are frequently used as experimental models to study the underlying genetic and environmental mechanisms of the condition.
Evidence for · 3
Myopia: Recent Advances in Molecular Studies; Prevalence, Progression and Risk Factors; Emmetropization; Therapies; Optical Links; Peripheral Refraction; Sclera and Ocular Growth; Signalling Cascades; and Animal Models.
2008 · cited by 39
Discusses animal models used in myopia research.
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Involvement of multiple molecular pathways in the genetics of ocular refraction and myopia
2018 · cited by 28
Mentions the use of animal models to investigate individual genes and molecular pathways in refractive error.
Meta-analysis of retinal transcriptome profiling studies in animal models of myopia
2025 · cited by 2
Utilizes experimental animal models such as mice and chicks to study retinal transcriptome profiling and mechanisms of myopia.