Structure and function of the retina in aquatic tetrapods

Sensory Evolution on the Threshold: Adaptations in Secondarily Aquatic Vertebrates

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 149-172

  Reuter, Tom ^a   Peichl, Leo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

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