Evolution and selection of trichromatic vision in primates

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 198-205

  Surridge, Alison K ^a   Osorio, Daniel ^b   Mundy, Nicholas I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; VISION;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0037376562     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00012-0     Document Type: Review

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