Vertebrate ancient opsin photopigment spectra and the avian photoperiodic response

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-294

  Davies, Wayne I L ^a   Turton, Michael ^a   Peirson, Stuart N ^a   Follett, Brian K ^b   Halford, Stephanie ^a   Garcia Fernandez, Jose M ^c   Sharp, Peter J ^d   Hankins, Mark W ^a   Foster, Russell G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian; Deep brain photoreceptor; Hypothalamus; Photoperiodic response; Vertebrate ancient opsin

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BRAIN; BREEDING SEASON; DAY LENGTH; LIGHT QUALITY; MAMMAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTION; PIGMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860351494     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0864     Document Type: Article

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