Visual pigments, cone oil droplets, ocular media and predicted spectral sensitivity in the domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3321-3328

  Hart, N S ^a,b   Partridge, J C ^a   Cuthill, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microspectrophotometry; Ocular media; Oil droplet; Turkey; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; RETINA CONE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CONES (RETINA); CORNEA; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; ORGANELLES; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TURKEYS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISION; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033020318     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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