Selective UV-induced damage to short-wavelength receptor cells in the butterfly Papilio xuthus

Protoplasma

Volumn 200, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 112-115

  Wakakuwa, M ^a   Meyer Rochow, V B ^b   Dezawa, M ^c   Kashiwagi, T ^a   Eguchi, E ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Eye; Lepidoptera; Photoreceptor; UV induced cell damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031410169     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280739     Document Type: Article

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