The visual ecology of avian photoreceptors

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 675-703

  Hart, Nathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

FOWL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; VISION;

EID: 0034894340     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(01)00009-X     Document Type: Review

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