Functional diversity in the color vision of cichlid fishes

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Sabbah, Shai ^a   Laria, Raico L ^a   Gray, Suzanne M ^a,b   Hawryshyn, Craig W ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CICHLIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

CONE OPSIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CICHLID; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; MALAWI; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; COLOR VISION; CONE OPSINS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77958584530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-133     Document Type: Article

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