Ultraviolet photopigment sensitivity and ocular media transmittance in gulls, with an evolutionary perspective

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 585-590

  Håstad, Olle ^a,b   Partridge, Julian C ^a   Ödeen, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Larus argentatus; Larus marinus; Larus michahellis; Ocular media spectral transmittance; SWS1 opsin gene

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; EYE REFRACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONE OPSINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINAL PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67349242464     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-009-0433-8     Document Type: Article

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