Optical quality of the ocular lens of the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) during the mature and transformer periods of life

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

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Bantseev, Vladimir ^a   Auclair, Francois ^b   Dubuc, Rejean ^b   Sivak, Jacob G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focal length; Lens; Sea lamprey; Spherical aberration; Transformers

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; NEWBORN; OPTICS; PETROMYZON; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; VISION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EYE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OPTICS; PETROMYZON; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTOMETRY; VISION;

EID: 21444455400     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0611-2     Document Type: Article

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