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sensitive, medium wavelength sensitive etc.). This can be a benefit because it increases the number of colours that can be discriminated, and calculations by Vorobyev (2003) support the hypothesis that this is of net benefit.
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of oil droplets is not firmly established. Coloured oil droplets have a cost in that they reduce the amount of light available to the
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Wilby D, Toomey MB, Olsson P, Frederiksen R, Cornwall MC, Oulton R, Kelber A, Corbo JC, Roberts NW (2015).
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before it can pass through to the cone outer segment where the
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eyes
photoreceptor cells
diurnal
reptiles
lizards
turtles
birds
bird vision
lungfish
cone cells
rods
colour vision
double cones
coloured
light
opsins
adaptive advantage
visual system
spectral sensitivity
wavelength
"Early vertebrate color vision"
Bibcode
1994Natur.367..121R
doi
10.1038/367121a0
PMID
8114909

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