Teasing apart the many effects of lighting environment on opsin expression and foraging preference in bluefin killifish

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-13

  Fuller, Rebecca C ^a   Noa, Leslie A ^a   Strellner, Reid S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Developmental plasticity; Phenotypic plasticity; Sensory bias; Sensory drive; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

COLOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; LIGHT EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; SIGNALING; TELEOST; VISION;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CROSS BREEDING; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; FUNDULIDAE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR VISION; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNDULIDAE; LIGHT; OPSINS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; LUCANIA GOODEI;

EID: 77953735377     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652994     Document Type: Article

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