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Visual ecology: coloured fruit is what the eye sees best.

Kit Wolf1.   

Abstract

Trichromatic vision may have evolved as an aid to frugivory. This hypothesis is supported by the recent demonstration that the spatial characteristics of pictures containing fruit are particularly well matched to the abilities of the human visual system.

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Year:  2002        PMID： 11937043     DOI： 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00785-6

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Curr Biol        ISSN： 0960-9822            Impact factor:   10.834


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Review 1.  Nothing in medicine makes sense, except in the light of evolution.

Authors:  Ajit Varki
Journal:  J Mol Med (Berl)       Date:  2012-04-27       Impact factor: 4.599

2.  Parallel evolution of angiosperm colour signals: common evolutionary pressures linked to hymenopteran vision.

Authors:  Adrian G Dyer; Skye Boyd-Gerny; Stephen McLoughlin; Marcello G P Rosa; Vera Simonov; Bob B M Wong
Journal:  Proc Biol Sci       Date:  2012-06-06       Impact factor: 5.349
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