Gecko vision-visual cells, evolution, and ecological constraints

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 471-484

  Roll B ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ECOTOXICITY; EVOLUTION; GECKO; LIZARD; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHELSUMA GUENTHERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RHOPTROPUS BARNARDII; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CILIA; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; DARKNESS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIGHT; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MITOCHONDRIA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS;

ANIMALIA; GEKKO; PHELSUMA GUENTHERI; RHOPTROPUS; RHOPTROPUS BARNARDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034465682     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007293511912     Document Type: Article

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