Population variation in opsin expression in the bluefin killifish, Lucania goodei: A real-time PCR study

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-154

  Fuller, R C ^a   Carleton, K L ^b   Fadool, J M ^a   Spady, T C ^b   Travis, J ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Cones; Fundulidae; Photopigments; Vision

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; FUNDULIDAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; OPSIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 2142660106     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-003-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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