The evolution of color vision in insects

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue , 2001, Pages 471-510

  Briscoe, A D ^a   Chittka, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Constraint; Phylogeny; Visual ecology; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INSECT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INSECTS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

ANIMALIA; ENTOVALVA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035051803     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.471     Document Type: Review

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