Avian visual pigments: Characteristics, spectral tuning, and evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Hart, Nathan S ^a   Hunt, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Cone oil droplet; Opsin; Visual ecology; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANCESTRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; PIGMENT; PROTEIN; SPECTRUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33846218309     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510141     Document Type: Article

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