The visual pigments of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 643-651

  Fasick, Jeffry I ^a   Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Hunt, David M ^b   Robinson, Phyllis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cetacean; Color vision; Cone; Dolphin; Rod; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); COS CELLS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032126133     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898154056     Document Type: Article

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