Are dogs red–green colour blind?

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Siniscalchi, Marcello ^a   D’Ingeo, Serenella ^a   Fornelli, Serena ^a   Quaranta, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural method; Colour vision; Dog; Physiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033607644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170869     Document Type: Article

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