Cone pigments in a North American marsupial, the opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

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

Volumn 196, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-384

  Jacobs, Gerald H ^a   Williams, Gary A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone pigments; Didelphis virginiana; Electroretinogram; Marsupials

Indexed keywords

CONE OPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GENETICS; LIGHT; OPOSSUM; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE; VISION;

ANIMALS; CONE OPSINS; DIDELPHIS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; LIGHT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 77952881698     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0519-3     Document Type: Article

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