Historical contingency in the evolution of primate color vision

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-45

  Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^b   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arecaceae; Diet; Ficus; Frugivory; Opsin; Retina; Trichromatic vision

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PRIMATE; VISION;

ARECACEAE; EUTHERIA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0242417602     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-2484(02)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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