Evolution of mechanisms for color vision

Gerald H. Jacobs

doi:10.1117/12.19719

1 August 1990 Evolution of mechanisms for color vision

Gerald H. Jacobs

Proceedings Volume 1250, Perceiving, Measuring, and Using Color; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19719
Event: Electronic Imaging: Advanced Devices and Systems, 1990, Santa Clara, CA, United States

Abstract

An understanding of the natural history of color vision would provide significant insight into the question of why we have color vision. Such information is not at hand, but studies of the biological mechanisms underlying color vision, and consideration of the variations of these mechanisms across species, provide the basis for some thoughts about the evolution of the mechanisms for color vision. The focus is mammalian color vision

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Gerald H. Jacobs "Evolution of mechanisms for color vision", Proc. SPIE 1250, Perceiving, Measuring, and Using Color, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19719

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