Superior underwater vision in a human population of sea gypsies

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 833-836

  Gislén, Anna ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a   Kröger, Ronald H H ^a   Abrahamsson, Maths ^b   Nilsson, Dan Eric ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Clinical Neuroscience   (Sweden)

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EID: 0038394481     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00290-2     Document Type: Article

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