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Did anybody happen to see anything in the article about what wavelength the extra cone type was actually (most) sensitive to??? The article hyped the "millions
by Roboprog 10y ago
Did anybody happen to see anything in the article about what wavelength the extra cone type was actually (most) sensitive to???
The article hyped the "millions of colors" aspect, but nothing about whether it was deeper reds, higher blues, or just more precise yellows (or whatever).
- chriskanan 10y agocDa29 is a cone that is a deuteranomaly, which is a kind of altered sensitivity to green light. So, presumably she has better discrimination of yellows/greens/reds, and not blues. See this 2010 paper for details on this person: http://vision.psychol.cam.ac.uk/jdmollon/papers/JordanDeebBostenMollonOnTetrachromacy.pdf http://vision.psychol.cam.ac.uk/jdmollon/papers/JordanDeebBo...
- Roboprog 10y agoAh, thanks. So further improved primate detection of ripe fruit, then.