title: Cone monochromacy and a reversed Purkinje shift in the gerbil.
abstract: Retinal spectral sensitivity of the gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) shows that this animal has a unique photoreceptor complement: there is only a single class of cone and the spectrum for these receptors is peak shifted toward the short wavelengths relative to the spectra obtained from rods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004596:Electroretinography; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*