Visual pigments of marine carnivores: Pinnipeds, polar bear, and sea otter

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

Volumn 192, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 833-843

  Levenson, David H ^a,b   Ponganis, Paul J ^a   Crognale, Michael A ^c   Deegan II, Jess F ^d   Dizon, Andy ^b   Jacobs, Gerald H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Opsins; Pinnipeds; Polar bear; Sea otter; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; OTTERS; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPEDIA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; URSIDAE;

EID: 33746444301     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0121-x     Document Type: Article

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