Evolution of ultraviolet vision in shorebirds (Charadriiformes)

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 370-374

  Ödeen, Anders ^a   Håstad, Olle ^a   Alström, Per ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gulls; Opsin; Phylogeny; UV visual pigment

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COLOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WADER; WAVELENGTH;

ANOUS; ANOUS MINUTUS; ANOUS TENUIROSTRIS; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; GYGIS; GYGIS ALBA; LARIDAE; RYNCHOPS NIGER;

EID: 77954105807     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0877     Document Type: Article

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