Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolving power in penguins

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 254-268

  Coimbra, João Paulo ^a,b   Nolan, Paul M ^c   Collin, Shaun P ^a,b   Hart, Nathan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Department of Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Area gigantocellularis; Eudyptula minor; Evolutionary history; Penguins; Retinal ganglion cell; Retinal topography; Spatial resolving power; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; MOLECULAR IMAGING; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHENISCIDAE; VISUAL ACUITY;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; EUDYPTULA MINOR; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84870703946     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341901     Document Type: Article

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