Occlusable corneas in toadfishes: Light transmission, movement and ultrastruture of pigment during light- and dark-adaptation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2177-2190

  Siebeck, Ulrike E ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a   Ghoddusi, Majid ^a   Marshall, N Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chromatophores; Occlusable cornea; Ocular media transmission; Pigment movement; Tetractenos hamiltoni; Toadfish; Torquigener pleurogramma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; DARK ADAPTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAODONTIFORMES; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; CHROMATOPHORES; CORNEA; DARK ADAPTATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; TETRACTENOS; TETRACTENOS HAMILTONI; TETRAODONTIDAE; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TORQUIGENER; TORQUIGENER PLEUROGRAMMA;

EID: 0037560094     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00401     Document Type: Article

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