Evolution and function of routine trichromatic vision in primates

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2636-2643

  Lucas, Peter W ^a   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^b   Riba Hernandez, Pablo ^c   Stoner, Kathryn E ^d   Yamashita, Nayuta ^e   Loría Calderón, Esteban ^c   Petersen Pereira, Wanda ^c   Rojas Durán, Yahaira ^c   Salas Pena, Ruth ^c   Solis Madrigal, Silvia ^c   Osorio, Daniel ^f   Darvell, Brian W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cone; Diet; Folivory; Foraging; Frugivory; Opsin; Retina

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FRUGIVORY; PRIMATE; VISION;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 10744222296     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01506.x     Document Type: Article

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