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Notes and References:

Bybee, S. M., Johnson, K. K., Gering, E. J., Whiting, M. F., Crandall, K. A. All the better to see you with: a review of odonate color vision with transcriptomic insight into the odonate eye (2012) Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 12 241-250. doi:10.1007/s13127-012-0090-6

Briscoe, A. D. & Chittka, L. (2001) The Evolution of Color Vision in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2001. 46:471-510

Meinertzhagen I. A., Menzel R., Kahle G. (1983) The identification of spectral receptor types in the retina and lamina of the dragonfly Sympetrum rubicundulum Journal of comparative physiology September 1983, Volume 151, Issue 3, pp 295-310

Land M.F. (1997) Visual Acuity in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 42:147-177

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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