Visual pigments and oil droplets from six classes of photoreceptor in the retinas of birds

Vision Research

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2183-2194

  Bowmaker, J K ^a   Heath, L A ^a   Wilkie, S E ^a   Hunt, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Colour vision; Cone; Oil droplet; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHICKEN; COLOR VISION; FILTER; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; OILS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030839165     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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