Opsin Genes and Visual Ecology in a Nocturnal Folivorous Lemur

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-107

  Veilleux, Carrie C ^a   Jacobs, Rachel L ^b   Cummings, Molly E ^a   Louis, Edward E ^c   Bolnick, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Molecular Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Color vision; Foraging; Lemurs; Sensory ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893763159     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9708-6     Document Type: Article

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