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Inherited abnormalities of colour vision are most commonly attributed to abnormalities of the photosensitive pigments in the cone cells of the retina1,2. Here, we describe direct microspectrophotometric measurements on the eyes of two squirrel monkeys whose colour vision had been shown to differ behaviourally. Our results are consistent with classical explanations of abnormal colour vision.
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Jacobs, G., Bowmaker, J. & Mollon, J. Behavioural and microspectrophotometric measurements of colour vision in monkeys. Nature 292, 541–543 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/292541a0
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