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Latest comment: 10 years ago by Richerman

Hi Larry,

A few suggestions for you:

  • You would be better using a bulleted list (like this one)
  • You need a colon at the end of "The following hypotheses explore the role of evolution in dichromatism."
  • Citations go after punctuation such as a comma or a full stop (period).
  • "Other studies suggest a dichromat advantage in mesopic vision, night vision and fishing". Fishing sounds out of place here - you need to say what the visual advantage is that leads to this.
  • "do not suffer from “chromatic noise" Do trichromats "suffer" from chromatic noise? This needs rewording.
  • "Because the only genetic difference between a dichromat and a trichromat is in the opsin genes." is not a complete sentence. Richerman (talk) 13:36, 23 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for your suggestions! I'm working on them. I'm not sure how to transfer the information into a bulleted list (in terms of logical flow, not coding), though. Could you give me an example? Larry.monocello (talk) 16:22, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply
I was thinking of something like the following as I think it makes it clearer what the hypotheses are - see what you think. Richerman (talk) 20:43, 24 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Evolutionary Considerations

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The following hypotheses explore the role of evolution in dichromatism:

  • Adaptation - During the Second World War, the U.S. Army discovered that colorblind soldiers could distinguish camouflaged targets better than their counterparts with color vision could.[1] Further studies have shown that dichromats are better at detecting camouflaged targets in which the object’s color accounts for differences in texture between the object and its surroundings,[2] can more easily identify edges,[3] have sharper vision[4], and do not suffer from “chromatic noise.”[5][6] Other studies suggest a dichromat advantage in mesopic vision[7] and fishing.[8] As a result, dichromats may have an advantage over trichromats in detecting some kinds of prey, which could explain higher rate of dichromatism in relation to other defects.[9]
  • Evolutionary Legacy - Another hypothesis posits that the high frequency of dichromatism in humans is due to a relaxation of pressure for trichromats in societies that have been traditionally pastoral and agricultural. Because color vision is less important to survival in these societies, positive selection for trichromatism would be relaxed[10]. Because the only genetic difference between a dichromat and a trichromat is in the opsin genes[11]. In agricultural-pastoral societies, the ancestral dichromat phenotype not being a reproductive hindrance (and therefore not being subject to negative selection)—but rather the newer trichromat phenotype merely being more advantageous in pre-agricultural societies (subject to positive selection)—accounts for the relatively high frequency of dichromatism in these societies[12].


Aah I get it now. Thank you so much for your help! Larry.monocello (talk) 20:24, 26 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I could have made that clearer. I've found the abstract of the Jagle/de Luca paper here and it says "Multi-gene dichromats may benefit from a reduction in chromatic aberration and chromatic noise in the high acuity channel". That's not quite the same as you said above which says that it's all dichromats and they don't see any noise at all. Richerman (talk) 22:09, 26 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

  1. ^ Reit, Seymour (1978). Masquerade : the amazing camouflage deceptions of World WAR II. New York: Hawthorn Books. ISBN 0-8015-4931-0.
  2. ^ Morgan, M. J. (22 June 1992). "Dichromats Detect Colour-Camouflaged Objects that are not Detected by Trichromats". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 248 (1323): 291–295. doi:10.1098/rspb.1992.0074. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  3. ^ Saito, A (1 February 2006). "Advantage of dichromats over trichromats in discrimination of color-camouflaged stimuli in humans". Perceptual and Motor Skills. 102 (1): 3–12. doi:10.2466/PMS.102.1.3-12. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Jägle, H. (23 August 2005). "Visual acuity and X-linked color blindness". Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. 244 (4): 447–453. doi:10.1007/s00417-005-0086-4. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Williams, D. R.; Sekiguchi, N.; Haake, W.; Brainard, D.; Packer, O. (1991). A. Valberg; B. B. Lee (ed.). The cost of trichromacy for spatial vision. New York: Plenum. pp. 11–22. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |DUPLICATE_title= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Osorio, D. (January 1998). "Estimation of errors in luminance signals encoded by primate retina resulting from sampling of natural images with red and green cones". J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 15 (1): 16–22. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Reimchen, T. E. (1 March 1987). "Human color vision deficiencies and atmospheric twilight" (PDF). Biodemography and Social Biology. 34 (1–2): 1–11. doi:10.1080/19485565.1987.9988655.
  8. ^ Grassavaro Gallo, P. (1997). "Do Congenital Color Vision Defects Represent a Selective Advantage?". In C. Dickinson; I. Murray (ed.). John Dalton's Color Vision Legacy. Manchester: Taylor & Francis. pp. 227–233. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  9. ^ Regan, B. C. (29 March 2001). "Fruits, foliage and the evolution of primate colour vision" (PDF). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 356 (1407): 229–283. doi:10.1098/rstb.2000.0773. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Post, R. H. (1 September 1982). "Population differences in red and green color vision deficiency: A review, and a query on selection relaxation". Biodemography and Social Biology. 29 (3–4): 299–315. doi:10.1080/19485565.1982.9988503.
  11. ^ Neitz, J. (1 April 2011). "The genetics of normal and defective color vision". Vision Research. 51 (7): 633–651. doi:10.1016/j.visres.2010.12.002. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Post, R. H. (1 September 1982). "Population differences in red and green color vision deficiency: A review, and a query on selection relaxation". Biodemography and Social Biology. 29 (3–4): 299–315. doi:10.1080/19485565.1982.9988503.
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