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Notes and References:

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Hunt, D. M., Carvalho, L. S., Cowing, J. A., Parry, J. W., Wilkie, S. E., Davies, W. L., & Bowmaker, J. K. (2007). Spectral tuning of shortwave-sensitive visual pigments in vertebrates. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 83(2), 303-310.

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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