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Ultraviolet vision in birds: the importance of transparent eye media
Ultraviolet (UV)-sensitive visual pigments are widespread in the animal kingdom but many animals, for example primates, block UV light from reaching their retina by pigmented lenses. Birds have UV-sensitive (UVS) visual pigments with sensitivity maxima around 360–373 nm (UVS) or 402–426 nm (violet-s...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Royal Society
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3843830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24258716 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2209 |