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List of Vertebrate Visual Pigments

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Photochemistry of Vision

Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology ((1536,volume 7 / 1))

Abstract

Visual pigments have been included in the list that follows if they have either been tested for homogeneity by the technique of partial bleaching (Dartnall, 1952) or if they have been characterized by microspectrophotometry (M.S.P.); (see Liebman, Chapter 12).

For the visual pigments of Invertebrates, see Goldsmith, Chapter 17, this volume.

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Lythgoe, J.N. (1972). List of Vertebrate Visual Pigments. In: Dartnall, H.J.A. (eds) Photochemistry of Vision. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65066-6_15

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