Visual acuity of fly photoreceptors in natural conditions - Dependence on UV sensitizing pigment and light-controlling pupil

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1703-1713

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acceptance angle; Diffraction; Light adaptation; Rhabdomere; Sky light; Waveguide mode

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSE FLY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ANIMALS; COLOR; HOUSEFLIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; RHODOPSIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 2442563585     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00949     Document Type: Article

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