The ocelli of arctiid moths: Ultrastructure of the retina during light and dark adaptation

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-277

  Grunewald B ^a,b   Wunderer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctia caja; Creatonotos transiens; Lepidoptera; Membrane turnover; Microvillar vacuoles; Rhabdomere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; COMPOUND EYE; DARK ADAPTATION; EMBRYO; HEAD; HEMOLYMPH; LENS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MICROVILLUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIA CAJA; ARCTIIDAE; CREATONOTOS TRANSIENS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0030015121     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80014-0     Document Type: Article

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