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Close-up of 13-lined ground squirrel.
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The 13-lined ground squirrel is a good model system for studying cataracts because cataracts form in the squirrels during hibernation but then disappear when their body temperature returns to normal.
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Close-up of 13-lined ground squirrel.
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Close-up of 13-lined ground squirrel.