Table 2. Summary of the visual system comparisons that generated the largest differences, based on the lowest Pearson’s r value, in the mean dichromatism scores of 70 species of the Order Galliformes.
Parameter | Eye type | Conditions | Pearson’s r | Equal rank | Rank change | Rank SD | Max change |
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Light environment | UVS | Ideal vs D65 | 0.9991 | 30 | 1.03 | 1.57 | 10 |
VS | Ideal vs D65 | 0.9994 | 36 | 0.77 | 1.23 | 8 | |
Photoreceptor λmax | UVS | All Max vs All Min | 0.9986 | 27 | 1.03 | 1.20 | 5 |
VS | All Max vs All Min | 0.9963 | 17 | 1.54 | 1.71 | 9 | |
Oil droplet cut-off value | UVS | R Min vs All Max | 0.9979 | 27 | 1.00 | 1.13 | 6 |
VS | R Max vs All Min | 0.9947 | 21 | 1.26 | 1.20 | 5 | |
Ocular media T50 values | UVS | T314 vs T344 | 0.9998 | 45 | 0.51 | 0.85 | 4 |
VS | T335 vs T395 | 0.9991 | 28 | 1.06 | 1.46 | 9 | |
Photoreceptor densities | UVS | A. minutus vs P. pacificus | 0.9791 | 8 | 3.11 | 2.87 | 12 |
VS | A. minutus vs P. pacificus | 0.9846 | 6 | 2.63 | 2.07 | 10 | |
Model systems | - | Average UVS vs Average VS | 0.9929 | 15 | 2.34 | 2.66 | 16 |
- | P. cristatus vs S. vulgaris | 0.9881 | 8 | 3.00 | 3.06 | 16 |
Values reported describe how many species (out of 70) were assigned the same rank in the comparison (Equal rank), the average rank change (Rank change), the standard deviation of rank change (Rank SD), and the maximum rank change (Max change). See Materials and Methods, Results, and Supporting Information sections for more details.