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5 - Evolution of color vision and its reflections in contemporary mammals

from Part II - Foundations: basics of color science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

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Gerald H. Jacobs
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Andrew J. Elliot ,
Mark D. Fairchild  and
Anna Franklin
Andrew J. Elliot
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University of Rochester, New York
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Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Anna Franklin
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University of Sussex
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Handbook of Color Psychology , pp. 110 - 130
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Print publication year: 2015

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