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types of cone cell in the eye.
Organisms with
tetrachromacy are
called tetrachromats. In
tetrachromatic organisms, the
sensory color space is four-dimensional...
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between retinal (or weak)
tetrachromats,
which express four cone
classes in the retina, and
functional (or strong)
tetrachromats,
which are able to make...
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visible gamut. By comparison,
trichromats need
three primary colors, and
tetrachromats need four. Likewise,
every color in a dichromat's
gamut can be evoked...
- that are
heterozygous for
anomalous trichromacy (i.e. carriers) may be
tetrachromats.
These females have two
alleles for
either the OPN1MW or OPN1LW gene...
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million years ago. Some of the primates'
vertebrate ancestors were
tetrachromats, but
their nocturnal mammalian ancestors lost two of
their four cones...
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intelligent towards humans and
other hawks. Hawks, like most birds, are
tetrachromats having four
types of
colour receptors in the eye.
Unlike some birds...
- insects, as well as birds, see into the ultraviolet,
because they are
tetrachromats and can use this
information to tell when a
banana is
ready to eat....
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distinguish between four
different primary colors classifies them as
tetrachromats.
Goldfish have one of the most
studied senses of
hearing in fish. They...
- able to
distinguish a
range of
colors similar to that
perceived by
tetrachromats.
House mice also rely on
pheromones for
social communication, some of...
- three, Mrs M - an
English social worker, and the
first known human "
tetrachromat" - sees rare
subtleties of colour. Mark Roth (September 13, 2006). "Some...
