Cone monochromacy and visual pigment spectral tuning in wobbegong sharks

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1019-1022

  Theiss, Susan M ^a   Davies, Wayne I L ^b   Collin, Shaun P ^b   Hunt, David M ^b   Hart, Nathan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cone; Monochromacy; Opsin; Rod; Shark

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; FISH; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PIGMENT; SHARK; VISUAL CUE;

EID: 84869807767     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0663     Document Type: Article

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