Microspectrophotometric determinations of rod visual pigments in some adult and larval Australian amphibians

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 137-142

  Partridge, J C ^a   Speare, P ^b   Shand, S ^b   Muntz, W R A ^c   Williams, D McB ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Microspectrophotometry; Rod receptors; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; FROGS AND TOADS; METHODOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ANURA; AUSTRALIA; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026900909     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800009597     Document Type: Article

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