Simple exponential functions describing the absorbance bands of visual pigment spectra.
Literature data for visual pigment spectra are formally treated by assuming that the spectra consist of a summation of absorbance bands, that the shape of the bands is invariant according to the Mansfield-MacNichol transform and that this shape is described by simple exponential functions. A new template for constructing visual pigment spectra from peak wavelengths is derived.
Stavenga
D G
DG
Department of Biophysics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Smits
R P
RP
Hoenders
B J
BJ
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D008433:Mathematics; D012168:Retinal Pigments / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000032:analysis
D012168:Retinal Pigments; D014801:Vitamin A