Pupil shapes and lens optics in the eyes of terrestrial vertebrates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 18-25

  Malmström, Tim ^a   Kröger, Ronald H H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chromatic aberration; Evolution; Multifocal lens; Physiological optics; Slit pupil

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOLOGY; LENS; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EYE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OPTICS; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; LYNX LYNX; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 31544431734     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01959     Document Type: Article

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