Opsin switch reveals function of the ultraviolet cone in fish foraging

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1752, 2013, Pages

  Flamarique, Iñigo Novales ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cone photoreceptor; Rainbow trout; Retina; Visual pigment

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; JUVENILE; PIGMENT; SALMONID; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE; ZOOPLANKTON;

EID: 84870799352     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2490     Document Type: Article

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