Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Intrinsic control of rhabdom size and rhodopsin content in the crab compound eye by a circadian biological clock

  • Short Communications
  • Published:
Experientia Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Under conditions of constant darkness, rhabdom volume and the amount of visual pigment chromophore show circadian changes in the compound eye of the crabHemigrapsus sanguineus. The present results indicate that an intrinsic circadian biological clock is involved in the control of the changes.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Acknowledgments. We thank Dr V. B. Meyer-Rochow, Waikato University, New Zealand, for his critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture in Japan.

  2. Blest, A. D., in: The Effects of Constant Light on Visual Processes, p. 217. Eds. T. P. Williams and B. N. Baker. Plenum, New York 1980.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  3. Waterman, T. H., in: Visual Cells in Evolution, p. 23. Ed. J. A. Westfall. Raven Press New York 1982.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Arikawa, K., Kawamata, K., Suzuki, T., and Eguchi, E., J. comp. Physiol. A161 (1987) 161.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Tabor, G. A., Anderson, D. H., Fisher, S. K., and Hollyfield, J. G., in: The structure of the Eye, p. 67. Ed. J. G. Hollyfield. Elsevier North Holland, 1982.

  6. Nassel, D. R., and Waterman, T. H., J. comp. Physiol.131 (1979) 205.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Stowe, S., J. comp. Physiol.142 (1981) 19.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Stowe, S., J. comp. Physiol.148 (1982) 313.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. LaVail, M. M., Science194 (1976) 1071.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Bernstein, S. A., Breding, D. J., and Fisher, S. K., J. Cell Biol.99 (1984) 379.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Hariyama, T., Sugita, Y., Harada, A., and Tsukahara, T., Dobutsu seiri3 (1986) 157.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Chamberlain, S. C. and Barlow, R. B. Jr., J. Neurosci.4 (1984) 2792.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Biology, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, 236, Yokohama, Japan

    K. Arikawa, Y. Morikawa & E. Eguchi

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Hyogo College of Medicine, 663, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan

    T. Suzuki

Authors
  1. K. Arikawa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Y. Morikawa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. T. Suzuki
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. E. Eguchi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Arikawa, K., Morikawa, Y., Suzuki, T. et al. Intrinsic control of rhabdom size and rhodopsin content in the crab compound eye by a circadian biological clock. Experientia 44, 219–220 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941711

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941711

Key words

Search

Navigation