Dichromatic vision in a fruit bat with diurnal proclivities: the Samoan flying fox (Pteropus samoensis)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 200, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1015-1022

  Melin, Amanda D ^a,b   Danosi, Christina F ^a   McCracken, Gary F ^c   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Euarchontoglires; Megachiroptera; Primate evolution; Pteropodidae

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ANIMAL; BAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; OPSINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84911478962     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-014-0951-x     Document Type: Article

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