The evolution of early vertebrate photoreceptors

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1531, 2009, Pages 2925-2940

  Collin, Shaun P ^a   Davies, Wayne L ^b   Hart, Nathan S ^a   Hunt, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cones; Opsin genes; Photoreception; Rods; Spectral sensitivity; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; CAMBRIAN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIGHT EFFECT; PHOTORECEPTION; REPTILE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST; TRADE-OFF; VERTEBRATE;

AVES; BATOIDEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIPNOI; ELASMOBRANCHII; HAGFISH; MYXINIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; REPTILIA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349655086     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0099     Document Type: Review

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