Photoreceptor spectral sensitivities of the Small White butterfly Pieris rapae crucivora interpreted with optical modeling

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

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 373-385

  Stavenga, Doekele G ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye shine; Fluorescent pigment; Rhabdom; Screening pigment; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BUTTERFLY; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPOUND EYE; FEMALE; LIGHT RELATED PHENOMENA; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; FEMALE; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OPTICAL PHENOMENA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952985819     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0622-5     Document Type: Article

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