A cambrian origin for vertebrate rods

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue JUNE 2015, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Asteriti, Sabrina ^a   Grillner, Sten ^b   Cangiano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGMENTATION; RETINA ROD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); LAMPETRA FLUVIATILIS; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84937435905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07166.001     Document Type: Article

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