Comparative retinal physiology in anthropoids.
Vision Res
; 38(21): 3339-44, 1998 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-9893846
ABSTRACT
During the last decade it has become clear that colour vision in platyrrhines (New World monkeys) differs from the uniform trichromatic pattern normally found in catarrhines (Old World monkeys, apes and human). Colour vision in most platyrrhine species is polymorphic, with many dichromatic individuals. The comparison of response properties in retinal ganglion cells and lateral geniculate cells between catarrhines and playrrhines elucidates how the evolution of trichromatic colour vision influenced the post-receptoral processing. We find that spatial and temporal processing is very similar in the platyrrhine and catarrhine retina, strongly suggesting that the retinal structure and function, found in living anthropoids, was already present in their common ancestor.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Retina
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Callithrix
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Percepción de Color
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Macaca fascicularis
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vision Res
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Alemania