Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three.

Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three.
Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 06;30(13):R763-R766
Authors: Cronin TW
Abstract
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.
PMID: 32634416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Biology - July 5, 2020 Category: Biology Authors: Cronin TW Tags: Curr Biol Source Type: research