The Genetic and Evolutionary Drives behind Primate Color Vision

Primate color vision is based on two to three cone types in the retina, each expressing a different class of visual pigment, making them the only mammals that possess trichromacy. These pigment classes are the short wavelength-sensitive (SWS1) pigment and the long wavelength-sensitive (LWS) pigment,...

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Main Authors: David M. Hunt, Livia S. Carvalho, Daniel M. A. Pessoa, Jessica K. Mountford, Wayne I. L. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00034/full