Retinal photoreceptors of paleognathous birds: The ostrich (Struthio camelus) and rhea (Rhea americana)

Vision Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-12

  Wright, Mathew W ^a   Bowmaker, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Oil droplet; Paleognathous; Photoreceptor; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RHEA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTRUM;

ANIMALS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; OILS; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RHEIFORMES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0035054421     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(00)00227-3     Document Type: Article

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