2009
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0039
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Evolution of colour vision in mammals

Abstract: Colour vision allows animals to reliably distinguish differences in the distributions of spectral energies reaching the eye. Although not universal, a capacity for colour vision is sufficiently widespread across the animal kingdom to provide prima facie evidence of its importance as a tool for analysing and interpreting the visual environment. The basic biological mechanisms on which vertebrate colour vision ultimately rests, the cone opsin genes and the photopigments they specify, are highly conserved. Within… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
2
1
1
1

Citation Types

2
228
0
11

Year Published

2011
2011
2019
2019

Publication Types

Select...
5
2

Relationship

0
7

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 290 publications
(257 citation statements)
references
References 91 publications
2
228
0
11
Order By: Relevance
“…For instance, early in primate evolution, the acuity and color perception of the visual system was enhanced. Among other changes, the tapetum lucidum was lost in haplorhines, and some primate radiations developed an increase in the ratio of cones to rods in the retina and evolved trichromatic color vision from a dichromatic ancestor (Martin 1990;Jacobs 2009;Isbell 2009). Species with such enhanced visual systems may predominantly rely on vision to locate food.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, early in primate evolution, the acuity and color perception of the visual system was enhanced. Among other changes, the tapetum lucidum was lost in haplorhines, and some primate radiations developed an increase in the ratio of cones to rods in the retina and evolved trichromatic color vision from a dichromatic ancestor (Martin 1990;Jacobs 2009;Isbell 2009). Species with such enhanced visual systems may predominantly rely on vision to locate food.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Die meisten Säuger sind Dichromaten [4][5][6] [9,10]. Ein Farbkontinuum, das durch den achromatischen Punkt verläuft, wird durch diesen in 2 unterschiedliche Kategorien unterteilt [9].…”
Section: Dichromatisches Sehen: Die Regel Bei Säugetierenunclassified
“…Es zeigte sich auch, dass die SWS1-Opsine, die bei uns Menschen und vielen anderen tagaktiven Säugern für blaues Licht empfindlich sind, bei vielen Reptilien, Vögeln und Fischen für ultraviolettes (UV-)Licht am empfindlichsten sind ( [3,4]; . Abb.…”
Section: Uv-empfindlichkeit Und Farbensehen Bei Säugernunclassified
See 2 more Smart Citations