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Evolution of ultraviolet vision in the largest avian radiation - the passerines

BACKGROUND: Interspecific variation in avian colour vision falls into two discrete classes: violet sensitive (VS) and ultraviolet sensitive (UVS). They are characterised by the spectral sensitivity of the most shortwave sensitive of the four single cones, the SWS1, which is seemingly under direct co...

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Autores principales: Ödeen, Anders, Håstad, Olle, Alström, Per
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22024316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-313