Functional diversity in the color vision of cichlid fishes

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Color vision plays a critical role in visual behavior. An animal's capacity for color vision rests on the presence of differentially sensitive cone photoreceptors. Spectral sensitivity is a measure of the visual responsiveness o...

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Main Authors: Gray Suzanne M, Laria Raico, Sabbah Shai, Hawryshyn Craig W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-10-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/8/133