Distribution of photoreceptor types in the retina of a marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 291-302

  Hemmi, Jan M ^a   Grünert, Ulrike ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue cones; Color vision; Green cones; Retinal topography; Rods

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA ROD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; OPSIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 0344141204     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899162102     Document Type: Article

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