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Notes and References:

Douglas R.H., Jeffrey G. (2014) The spectral transmission of ocular media suggests ultraviolet sensitivity is widespread among mammals. Proc Roy Soc B 281(1780) doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.2995

Hunt D.M., Carvalho L.S., Cowing J.A., Davies W.L. (2009) Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Oct 12; 364(1531): 2941–2955. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0044

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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