Opsin expression, physiological characterization and identification of photoreceptor cells in the dorsal rim area and main retina of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 3557-3568

  Schmeling, Fabian ^a   Wakakuwa, Motohiro ^b   Tegtmeier, Jennifer ^a   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^b   Bockhorst, Tobias ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound eye; Dorsal rim area; Opsin expression; Phase change; Polarization sensitivity; Spectral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CAELIFERA; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; VISION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; GRASSHOPPERS; LIGHT; MALE; OPSINS; ORIENTATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RETINA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84925319254     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.108514     Document Type: Article

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