RED-ABSORBING VISUAL PIGMENT OF BUTTERFLIES

被引：91
作者：
BERNARD, GD
机构：
[1] Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University, New Haven
来源：
SCIENCE | 1979年 / 203卷 / 4385期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.203.4385.1125
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Noninvasive photochemical and physiological experiments with intact butterflies of 17 species showed that nine species have a rhodopsin absorbing maximally at 610 nanometers, contained in retinular cells that are maximally sensitive at 610 nanometers. This is the longest-wavelength visual pigment known for an invertebrate. Eight species of butterflies lack the 610-nanometers rhodopsin. All species possess a rhodopsin absorbing maximally in the green region of the spectrum. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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页码：1125 / 1127
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