Deep-sea and pelagic rod visual pigments identified in the mysticete whales

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-103

  Bischoff, Nicole ^a   Nickle, Benjamin ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c   Velasquez, Stephani ^d   Fasick, Jeffry I ^a  

^a KEAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbance spectra; Amino acid substitution; Baleen; Cetacean; Opsin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DEEP SEA SPECIES; ESCHRICHTIUS ROBUSTUS; MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA ROD; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WHALE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ROD OPSINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WHALES;

EID: 84859096999     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: 14698714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523812000107     Document Type: Article

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