Spectral tuning and molecular evolution of rod visual pigments in the species flock of cottoid fish in Lake Baikal

Vision Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1217-1224

  Hunt, David M ^a   Fitzgibbon, Jude ^a   Slobodyanyuk, Sergey J ^b   Bowmaker, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LIMNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fish; Lake Baikal; Rods; Spectral tuning; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE SEQUENCE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECIES; TELEOST; USSR;

EID: 0029922071     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(95)00228-6     Document Type: Article

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