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Abstract
Rax expression levels in the rat peak at embryonic day 18 during retinal development.
- Rax is a transcription factor crucial for vertebrate eye development.
- Significant changes in Rax expression occur during retinal development.
- In the pineal gland, Rax expression is not detectable until embryonic day 20.
- Rax transcripts in the mature rat pineal gland increase 2-fold during the light period, peaking at dusk.
- Rax may play a role in phenotype maintenance in the mature retina and pineal gland.
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