Visual pigments: Trading noise for fast recovery

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Osorio, D ^a   Nilsson, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 11144332122     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.11.044     Document Type: Review

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