Evolution of photosensory pineal organs in new light: The fate of neuroendocrine photoreceptors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1438, 2003, Pages 1679-1700

  Ekström, Peter ^a   Meissl, Hilmar ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Melatonin; Opsin; Pineal gland; Vertebrate photoreceptors

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SAUROPSIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142216226     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1303     Document Type: Review

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