Oxidative stress, photodamage and the role of screening pigments in insect eyes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3200-3207

  Insausti, Teresita C ^a   Gall, Marion Le ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a  

^a Parc Grandmont   (France)

Author keywords

Compound eyes; Hematophagy; Mutants; Ocelli; Ommochromes

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPOUND EYE; COMPOUND EYES; GENETICS; HEMATOPHAGY; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTANTS; MUTATION; OCELLI; OMMOCHROMES; ORIENTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPOUND EYES; HEMATOPHAGY; MUTANTS; OCELLI; OMMOCHROMES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; LIGHT; MUTATION; ORIENTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84881490993     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082818     Document Type: Article

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