Environmental factors which may have led to the appearance of colour vision

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1401, 2000, Pages 1239-1242

  Maximov, V V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colour opponency; Colour vision; Early vertebrates; Evolution; Flicker; Light environment

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034730351     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0675     Document Type: Conference Paper

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