An investigation of the phototransduction cascade and temporal characteristics of the retina of the cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis

Cephalopods have extremely well developed visual systems which are of particular interest due to the well known morphological similarity of the cephalopod eye to the vertebrate eye. This similarity ends at the level of the photoreceptors where vertebrates and invertebrates have been found to use dif...

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Main Author: Nelson, Lisa
Published: University of Plymouth 2003
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274732