Article
Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three.
Current biology : CB - 6 Jul 2020
Cronin Thomas W
Abstract excerpt
Snake genomes encode only two opsins for use in retinal cones, limiting their adaptive flexibility and color vision. Research now shows that, by using alternative opsin alleles, some sea snakes may add a third opsin spectral class to their retinas.
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Color Vision
- Hydrophiidae
- Opsins
- Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells