Does nocturnality drive binocular vision? Octodontine rodents as a case study.

Binocular vision is a visual property that allows fine discrimination of in-depth distance (stereopsis), as well as enhanced light and contrast sensitivity. In mammals enhanced binocular vision is structurally associated with a large degree of frontal binocular overlap, the presence of a correspondi...

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Main Authors: Tomas Vega-Zuniga, Felipe S Medina, Felipe Fredes, Claudio Zuniga, Daniel Severín, Adrián G Palacios, Harvey J Karten, Jorge Mpodozis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3877236?pdf=render