Evolution of ultraviolet vision in the largest avian radiation - the passerines

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Interspecific variation in avian colour vision falls into two discrete classes: violet sensitive (VS) and ultraviolet sensitive (UVS). They are characterised by the spectral sensitivity of the most shortwave sensitive of the four sin...

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Main Authors: Håstad Olle, Ödeen Anders, Alström Per
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-10-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/313