An ultraviolet absorbing pigment causes a narrow-band violet receptor and a single-peaked green receptor in the eye of the butterfly Papilio

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Arikawa, K ^a   Mizuno, S ^a   Scholten, D G W ^b   Kinoshita, M ^a   Seki, T ^c   Kitamoto, J ^a   Stavenga, D G ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Filtering; Papilio xuthus; Retinol; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

RETINOL DERIVATIVE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHROMATOPHORE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

EID: 0032889753     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6989(98)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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