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  2. Tetrachromacy - Wikipedia

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    The four pigments in a bird's cone cells (in this example, estrildid finches) extend the range of color vision into the ultraviolet. [1]Tetrachromacy (from Greek tetra, meaning "four" and chroma, meaning "color") is the condition of possessing four independent channels for conveying color information, or possessing four types of cone cell in the eye.

  3. Cone cell - Wikipedia

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    Being color blind can change this, and there have been some verified reports of people with four types of cones, giving them tetrachromatic vision. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The three pigments responsible for detecting light have been shown to vary in their exact chemical composition due to genetic mutation ; different individuals will have cones with ...

  4. Trichromacy - Wikipedia

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    Their peak sensitivities lie in the blue (short-wavelength S cones), green (medium-wavelength M cones) and yellow-green (long-wavelength L cones) regions of the color spectrum. [11] S cones make up 5–10% of the cones and form a regular mosaic. Special bipolar and ganglion cells pass those signals from S cones and there is evidence that they ...

  5. Evolution of color vision in primates - Wikipedia

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    It is the cone cells, which are used for photopic vision, that facilitate color vision. Each type - or class - of cones is defined by its opsin, a protein fundamental to the visual cycle that tunes the cell to certain wavelengths of light. The opsins present in cone cells are specifically called photopsin.

  6. Gene therapy for color blindness - Wikipedia

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    The retina of the human eye contains photoreceptive cells called cones that allow color vision. A normal trichromat possesses three different types of cones to distinguish different colors within the visible spectrum. The three types of cones are designated L, M, and S cones, each containing an opsin sensitive to a different portion of the ...

  7. The mantis shrimp is the most beautiful and deadly animal in ...

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    The mantis shrimp has 16 color-receptive cones in their eyes. Humans have only three. The spectrum of colors we see comes from three base colors: green, blue and red.

  8. How to Choose the Right Size, Type, and Color of Christmas ...

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    C9 light bulbs: These lights have a larger bulb size that is shaped like the flame of a candle or similar to a cone. "When people see these bulbs, they think of putting up holiday lights with ...

  9. Three parties combine to keep poll-topping far-right at bay ...

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    BERLIN (Reuters) -Three parties in the eastern German state of Thuringia joined forces on Thursday to keep the poll-topping Alternative for Germany out of power, electing as state premier a ...