Red receptors dominate the proximal tier of the retina in the butterfly Papilio xuthus

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-61

  Arikawa, K ^a   Uchiyama, H ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Lepidoptera; Photoreceptor; Spectral sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030062612     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00189590     Document Type: Article

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