Retinal photoreceptors and visual pigments in Boa constrictor imperator

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 290, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-365

  Sillman, Arnold J ^a   Johnson, Jacqueline L ^b   Loew, Ellis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMALS; BOIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035444940     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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