Color discrimination in the red range with only one long-wavelength sensitive opsin

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1944-1955

  Zaccardi, Guillermo ^a   Kelber, Almut ^a   Sison Mangus, Marilou P ^b   Briscoe, Adriana D ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Color vision; Filter pigment; Heliconius erato; Insect; Opsin

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; EYE; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; EYE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY;

HELICONIUS ERATO; NYMPHALIDAE; VANESSA ATALANTA;

EID: 33745640727     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02207     Document Type: Article

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