Genetic Basis of Spectral Tuning in the Violet-Sensitive Visual Pigment of African Clawed Frog, Xenopus laevis
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Genetic basis of spectral tuning in the violet-sensitive visual pigment of African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis.
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.045849