The pupils and optical systems of gecko eyes

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Roth, Lina S V ^a   Lundström, Linda ^b   Kelber, Almut ^a   Kröger, Ronald H H ^a   Unsbo, Peter ^b  

^a Department of Cell and Organism Biology ^*  (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gecko; Hartmann shack wavefront sensor; Optical system; Photorefractometry; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EYE REFRACTION; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA CONE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; LIZARDS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64549098632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.3.27     Document Type: Article

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