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Trichromatic color vision in primates
1Department of Biological Sciences and Quantitative Biology Institute, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701, USA. rowe@ohiou.edu
Abstract:
Trichromatic color vision is rare among mammals, occurring only in some primates. Recent work has elucidated the adaptive behavioral significance of trichromacy as well as its underlying genetic and neurophysiological mechanisms. These studies reveal a complex neural system whose design and operation apparently does not conform to rigid deterministic principles.