Spectral tuning and evolution of primate short-wavelength-sensitive visual pigments

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1727, 2012, Pages 387-393

  Carvalho, Livia S ^a   Davies, Wayne L ^a,b   Robinson, Phyllis R ^c   Hunt, David M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Evolution; Primates; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; PRIMATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 82955173032     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0782     Document Type: Article

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