High sensitivity to short wavelengths in a lizard and implications for understanding the evolution of visual systems in lizards

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1720, 2011, Pages 2891-2899

  Fleishman, Leo J ^a   Loew, Ellis R ^b   Whiting, Martin J ^c  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour; Lizard; Photoreceptor; Pigments; Ultraviolet; Vision

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLOR; CONSPECIFIC; DATA SET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EYE; LIZARD; PHOTORECEPTION; PIGMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; VISUAL CUE; WAVELENGTH;

ANIMALIA; CORDYLIDAE; GEKKOTA; IGUANIA; PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 80052210038     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0118     Document Type: Article

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