Colour vision: Colouring the dark

被引：18

作者：

Land, MF ^{[1
]}

Osorio, DC ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sussex, Sch Biol Sci, Brighton BN1 9QG, E Sussex, England

来源：

CURRENT BIOLOGY | 2003年 / 13卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00031-9

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Humans lose colour vision at night and it has often been assumed that this happens to other animals as well. It is not true of nocturnal moths, however: a recent study has shown that the elephant hawk moth makes use of trichromatic colour vision when seeking flowers by starlight.

引用

页码：R83 / R85

页数：3

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