Shifting mirrors: adaptive changes in retinal reflections to winter darkness in Arctic reindeer

Arctic reindeer experience extreme changes in environmental light from continuous summer daylight to continuous winter darkness. Here, we show that they may have a unique mechanism to cope with winter darkness by changing the wavelength reflection from their tapetum lucidum (TL). In summer, it is go...

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Autores principales: Stokkan, Karl-Arne, Folkow, Lars, Dukes, Juliet, Neveu, Magella, Hogg, Chris, Siefken, Sandra, Dakin, Steven C., Jeffery, Glen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2013
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2451

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826237/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2451

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