A complex carotenoid palette tunes avian colour vision

The brilliantly coloured cone oil droplets of the avian retina function as long-pass cut-off filters that tune the spectral sensitivity of the photoreceptors and are hypothesized to enhance colour discrimination and improve colour constancy. Although it has long been known that these droplets are pi...

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Published in:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Toomey, Matthew B., Collins, Aaron M., Frederiksen, Rikard, Cornwall, M. Carter, Timlin, Jerilyn A., Corbo, Joseph C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4614492/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26446559
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2015.0563
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