The physical basis of transparency in biological tissue: Ultrastructure and the minimization of light scattering

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-198

  Johnsen, Sönke ^a   Widder, Edith A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033591848     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0948     Document Type: Article

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