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Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish

Visual perception is a key element in evolution, as it is required for many life processes. Two recent studies in BMC Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology shed light on the genetic determinants of color detection in strikingly colored fish.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Jones, Julia C, Gunter, Helen M, Meyer, Axel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18828890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol86
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spelling pubmed-27764052009-11-13 Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish Jones, Julia C Gunter, Helen M Meyer, Axel J Biol Minireview Visual perception is a key element in evolution, as it is required for many life processes. Two recent studies in BMC Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology shed light on the genetic determinants of color detection in strikingly colored fish. BioMed Central 2008 2008-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC2776405/ /pubmed/18828890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol86 Text en Copyright © 2008 BioMed Central Ltd
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Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title_full Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title_fullStr Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title_full_unstemmed Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title_short Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
title_sort will he still look good with the lights on? spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18828890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/jbiol86
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