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Primate color vision research

✍ Scribed by Joanna E. Lambert

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
92 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
1060-1538

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✦ Synopsis

Daniel Osorio). Funding was provided by a grant from the Vice-Chancellor (University of Hong Kong). Here, I provide details on the first of these two projects and report on new field methods for evaluating the influence of color vision on primate feeding.

Most vertebrates have four cone receptor pigments, and thus have tetrachromatic color vision. However, the nocturnal lives of early mammals resulted in the loss of at least two of these cones, the legacy of which is that most extant mammals are dichromats.

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