Diversity of the Photoreceptors and Spectral Opponency in the Compound Eye of the Golden Birdwing, Troides aeacus formosanus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Pei Ju ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^b   Yang, En Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COMPOUND EYE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPILIONOIDEA; PHOTOREACTIVITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTORECEPTOR B; PHOTORECEPTOR BG; PHOTORECEPTOR DG; PHOTORECEPTOR DR; PHOTORECEPTOR O; PHOTORECEPTOR R; PHOTORECEPTOR SG; PHOTORECEPTOR UV; PHOTORECEPTOR V; RHABDOM; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTRAL OPPONENCY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TROIDES AEACUS FORMOSANUS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONIDAE; TROIDES;

EID: 84876189190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062240     Document Type: Article

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