Clockwork blue: On the evolution of non-image-forming retinal photoreceptors in marine and terrestrial vertebrates

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 273-279

  Erren, T C ^a   Erren, M ^b   Lerchl, A ^c   Meyer Rochow, V B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue light; Clockwork blue; Evolution; Marine and terrestrial vertebrates; Non image forming photoreception

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT INTENSITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHOTORECEPTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTEBRATE;

BLUE LIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; REVIEW; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FISHES; LIGHT; MELATONIN; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; SEAWATER; VERTEBRATES; VISION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 41049089506     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0315-2     Document Type: Review

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