Energy limitation as a selective pressure on the evolution of sensory systems

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1792-1804

  Niven, Jeremy E ^a,b   Laughlin, Simon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Information processing; Ion channel; Metabolic rate; Photoreceptor; Sodium potassium pump; Sparse coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FISH; FLY; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RETINA; REVIEW; VISION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIPTERA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FISHES; MAMMALS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; RABBITS; RETINA; SELECTION (GENETICS); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47049109643     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017574     Document Type: Review

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