The cone photoreceptors and visual pigments of chameleons

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

Volumn 191, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 925-932

  Bowmaker, James K ^a   Loew, Ellis R ^b   Ott, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chameleon; Colour vision; Oil droplet; Photoreceptor; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

OIL; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; ENVIRONMENT; LENS; LIGHT; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; CONES (RETINA); CORNEA; ENVIRONMENT; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; LIZARDS; OILS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 26444507976     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-005-0014-4     Document Type: Article

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