ELECTRORETINOGRAM AND THE SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF THE COMPOUND EYES IN THE FIREFLY PHOTURIS-VERSICOLOR (COLEOPTERA, LAMPYRIDAE) - A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GREEN SENSITIVITY AND SPECIES BIOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION
ELECTRORETINOGRAM AND THE SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF THE COMPOUND EYES IN THE FIREFLY PHOTURIS-VERSICOLOR (COLEOPTERA, LAMPYRIDAE) - A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GREEN SENSITIVITY AND SPECIES BIOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION
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DOI:
10.1016/0022-1910(81)90097-4
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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2.2
通讯作者:
LALL, AB
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作者:
LALL, AB
ERG [electroretinograms] were recorded from the dorsal sector of dark- and chromatic-adapted compound eyes in the dark-active firefly P. versicolor .male. and .female. at different wavelengths across the spectrum ranging from 320-700 nm over 4.5 log units of change in the stimulus intensity. ERG elicited by white light stimulus was an on-negative monophasic wave typical of scotopic eyes. ERG elicited by chromatic stimuli differed in their waveform characteristics in the short (near-UV and violet) and long (green-yellow) wavelengths. The slope of the intensity-response curves at different stimulus wavelengths were similar for phasic response and differed for the plateau component of the ERG. The spectral sensitivity curves obtained under dark- and chromatic-adapted conditions revealed peaks in the near UV (.lambda.max, 380 nm) and in the green (.lambda.max 550 nm), suggesting the presence of at least 2 receptor types in the dorsal sector of the compound eyes of P. versicolor. The green (550 nm) peak corresponds with the species bioluminescence emission peak (552 nm).