An example of sex-linked color vision differences

Color Research and Application

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 433-439

  Pardo, Pedro J ^a   Perez A L ^a   Suero, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Color vision; Photopigments; Standard observer

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GENE ENCODING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

PHOTOPIGMENTS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

COLOR VISION;

EID: 36148964770     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: 15206378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.20354     Document Type: Article

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