The optics of the growing lungfish eye: Lens shape, focal ratio and pupillary movements in Neoceratodus forsteri (Krefft, 1870)

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-387

  Bailes, Helena J ^a,b   Trezise, Ann E O ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Dipnoi; Longitudinal spherical aberration of the lens; Matthiessen's ratio; Optics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; FISH; ILLUMINATION; LENS; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL REFLEX; TELEOST; VISUAL ADAPTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SIZE; CHOROID; EYE; FISHES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PUPIL; RETINA;

EID: 34548477622     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523807070381     Document Type: Article

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