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Red-green opponency in the long visual fibre photoreceptors of brushfoot butterflies (Nymphalidae)

In many butterflies, the ancestral trichromatic insect colour vision, based on UV-, blue- and green-sensitive photoreceptors, is extended with red-sensitive cells. Physiological evidence for red receptors has been missing in nymphalid butterflies, although some species can discriminate red hues well...

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Autores principales: Belušič, Gregor, Ilić, Marko, Meglič, Andrej, Pirih, Primož
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8548807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34702070
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.1560