The evolution of eyes and visually guided behaviour

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1531, 2009, Pages 2833-2847

  Nilsson, Dan Eric ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evolution; Eye; Photoreceptor; Vision; Visual information; Visual task

Indexed keywords

EYE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOMOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; NATURAL RESOURCE; NATURAL SELECTION; PHOTORECEPTION; VISION; VISUAL CUE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349668307     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0083     Document Type: Article

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