Evolution and ecology of retinal photoreception in early vertebrates

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-185

  Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cones; Evolution; Photoreception; Rods; Vision; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EYE; FISH; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HAGFISH; HISTOLOGY; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; FISHES; FOSSILS; HAGFISHES; LAMPREYS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; DIPNOI; HAGFISH; MYXINIDAE; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956039071     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314904     Document Type: Article

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