Spectral sensitivity of the principal eyes of sunburst diving beetle, Thermonectus marmoratus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), larvae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 3524-3531

  Maksimovic, Srdjan ^a   Layne, John E ^a   Buschbeck, Elke K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Opsin; Predator; Stemmata

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CONE OPSIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NEUROBIOTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IONTOPHORESIS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOTIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONE OPSINS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; IONTOPHORESIS; LARVA; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE; PSEUDOBAHIA; THERMONECTUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 80054683949     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.058990     Document Type: Article

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