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Palm fruit colours are linked to the broad-scale distribution and diversification of primate colour vision systems

A long-standing hypothesis in ecology and evolution is that trichromatic colour vision (the ability to distinguish red from green) in frugivorous primates has evolved as an adaptation to detect conspicuous (reddish) fruits. This could provide a competitive advantage over dichromatic frugivores which...

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Autores principales: Onstein, Renske E., Vink, Daphne N., Veen, Jorin, Barratt, Christopher D., Flantua, Suzette G. A., Wich, Serge A., Kissling, W. Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7062032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32097588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2731