# Is central vision (and a fovea) needed for emmetropisation?

**Authors:** Frank Schaeffel, Christine Wildsoet, Ranjay Chakraborty

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/opo.13494 · 2025-03-20

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- **Genes:** FGF14 (fibroblast growth factor 14) [NCBI Gene 2259] {aka FGF-14, FHF-4, FHF4, NYS4, SCA27, SCA27A}, FGF16 (fibroblast growth factor 16) [NCBI Gene 8823] {aka FGF-16, MF4}
- **Diseases:** myopic maculopathy (MESH:D008268), Myopia (MESH:D009216), staphyloma (MESH:C536352), myopic (MESH:D001251), deprivation myopia (MESH:D012892), POINT (MESH:C000719195), form (MESH:C565541), MF (MESH:D000080364), errors (MESH:D012030), hyperopia (MESH:D006956)
- **Chemicals:** argon (MESH:D001128)
- **Species:** Mus musculus (house mouse, species) [taxon 10090], Equus caballus (domestic horse, species) [taxon 9796], Gallus gallus (bantam, species) [taxon 9031], Columbidae (pigeons, family) [taxon 8930], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606], Canis lupus familiaris (dog, subspecies) [taxon 9615], Cavia porcellus (domestic guinea pig, species) [taxon 10141], Cercopithecidae (monkey, family) [taxon 9527]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12087870