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| Title |
Double cones are used for colour discrimination in the reef fish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Letters, February 2010
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsbl.2009.1010 |
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| Authors |
Vincenzo Pignatelli, Conor Champ, Justin Marshall, Misha Vorobyev |
| Abstract |
Double cones (DCs) are the most common cone types in fish, reptiles and birds. It has been suggested that DCs are used for achromatic tasks such as luminance, motion and polarization vision. Here we show that a reef fish Rhinecanthus aculeatus can discriminate colours on the basis of the difference between the signals of individual members of DCs. This is the first direct evidence that individual members of DCs are used in colour vision as independent spectral channels. |
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The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 132 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 126 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 23% |
| Researcher | 24 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 68 | 52% |
| Neuroscience | 9 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 9 | 7% |
| Unknown | 30 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 August 2022.
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