Seven Retinal Specializations in the Tubular Eye of the Deep-Sea Pearleye, Scopelarchus michaelsarsi: A Case Study in Visual Optimization

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 291-314

  Collin, Shaun P ^a   Hoskins, Robert V ^a   Partridge, Julian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area centralis; Cones; Fish; Optic nerve; Retina; Retinal ganglion cells; Rods; Topography

Indexed keywords

SCOPELARCHIDAE; SCOPELARCHUS MICHAELSARSI; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; FISH; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); VISION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0031615990     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006544     Document Type: Article

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