title: Microspectrophotometric study of visual pigments in five species of geckos.
abstract: Photoreceptors and visual pigments were studied by light microscopy and microspectrophotometry in geckos Teratoscincus scincus, Gymnodactylus russovi, G. caspius, G. fedchenkovi and G. kotschui. Type A single, type B double and the thicker members of type C double cells were found to contain a green-sensitive visual pigment with the maximum absorption at 534-537 nm. Blue-absorbing pigment (lambda m = 446-460 nm) was only found in the thinner members of type C doubles.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000032:analysis*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D012168:Retinal Pigments