Polarization vision and its role in biological signaling

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 549-558

  Cronin, Thomas W ^a   Shashar, Nadav ^b   Caldwell, Roy L ^c   Marshall, Justin ^d   Cheroske, Alexander G ^a   Chiou, Tsyr Huei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Interuniversity Institute of Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 1542437310     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.4.549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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