Vision in Fish

The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 53-76

  Bowmaker, J K ^a   Loew, E R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cichlid; Coelacanth; Cone; Elasmobranch; Lamprey; Oil droplet; Opsin; Opsin gene; Photoreceptor; Rhodopsin; Rod; Spacelight; Teleost; Tuna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882525001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012370880-9.00397-2     Document Type: Chapter

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