Light perception in two strictly subterranean rodents: Life in the dark or blue?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Kott, Ondřej ^a   Šumbera, Radim ^a   Němec, Pavel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

AFRICAN MOLE RAT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BURROWING SPECIES; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUKOMYS MECHOWII; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; LIGHT INTENSITY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RODENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; ANIMAL; LIGHT; MOLE RAT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VISION;

BATHYERGIDAE; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; HELIOPHOBIUS ARGENTEOCINEREUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SPALAX GIGANTEUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MOLE RATS; RATS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955612088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011810     Document Type: Article

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