Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media

O Lind, M Mitkus, P Olsson… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive visual pigments are widespread in the animal kingdom but many
animals, for example primates, block UV light from reaching their retina by pigmented …

Topographic specializations in the retinal ganglion cell layer correlate with lateralized visual behavior, ecology, and evolution in cockatoos

JP Coimbra, SP Collin, NS Hart - Journal of Comparative …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cockatoos are a unique avian group inhabiting a diversity of arboreal and terrestrial
microhabitats. Most species display strong lateralized visual behaviors using their left …

[HTML][HTML] Mosaic and concerted evolution in the visual system of birds

C Gutiérrez-Ibáñez, AN Iwaniuk, BA Moore… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Two main models have been proposed to explain how the relative size of neural structures
varies through evolution. In the mosaic evolution model, individual brain structures vary in …

Do American goldfinches see their world like passive prey foragers? A study on visual fields, retinal topography, and sensitivity of photoreceptors

PE Baumhardt, BA Moore, M Doppler… - Brain Behavior and …, 2014 - karger.com
Several species of the most diverse avian order, Passeriformes, specialize in foraging on
passive prey, although relatively little is known about their visual systems. We tested …

Retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolution of two parrot species: budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) and Bourke's parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)

M Mitkus, S Chaib, O Lind, A Kelber - Journal of Comparative Physiology …, 2014 - Springer
Retinal ganglion cell (RGC) isodensity maps indicate important regions in an animal's visual
field. These maps can also be combined with measures of focal length to estimate the …

Comparative study of photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cell topography and spatial resolving power in Dipsadidae snakes

E Hauzman, DMO Bonci, SR Grotzner, M Mela… - Brain Behavior and …, 2014 - karger.com
Abstract The diurnal Dipsadidae snakes Philodryas olfersii and P. patagoniensis are closely
related in their phylogeny but inhabit different ecological niches. P. olfersii is arboreal …

Ecologia e evolução do sistema visual de serpentes caenophidia: estudos comparativos da morfologia retiniana e genética de opsinas

E Hauzman - 2014 - teses.usp.br
As estruturas oculares dos vertebrados apresentam diversas adaptações relacionadas aos
hábitats e atividades das espécies. A infra-ordem Serpentes possui amplo número de …

[PDF][PDF] Mosaic and Concerted Evolution in the Visual System of

C Gutiérrez-Ibánez, AN Iwaniuk, BA Moore… - 2014 - core.ac.uk
Two main models have been proposed to explain how the relative size of neural structures
varies through evolution. In the mosaic evolution model, individual brain structures vary in …