Absence of short-wavelength sensitive cones in the retinae of seals (Carnivora) and African giant rats (Rodentia)

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2586-2594

  Peichl, Leo ^a   Moutairou, Kabirou ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Mammalian retina; Photoreceptors; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CONE; SEAL;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MALE; MURIDAE; OPSIN; RATS; RODS (RETINA); SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 0031879311     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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