Photoreceptive systems in ascidians

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-252

  Kusakabe, Takehiro ^a   Tsuda, Motoyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETICS; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LARVA; MOVEMENT; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247211121     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2006-07-11-IR-965     Document Type: Conference Paper

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