Eel visual pigments revisited: The fate of retinal cones during metamorphosis

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Bowmaker, James K ^a   Semo, Ma'ayan ^a   Hunt, David M ^a   Jeffery, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anguilla; Cone; Metamorphosis; Visual pigment; Yellow eel

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; PORPHYROPSIN; RHODOPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RH2 GENE; SWS2 GENE; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); EELS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RODS (RETINA); SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 46749138721     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523808080152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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