Cone monochromacy and a reversed Purkinje shift in the gerbil.
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.
Jacobs
G H
GH
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106.
Neitz
J
J
D000818:Animals; D004596:Electroretinography; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*