Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three
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2020-07-06
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Conin, Thomas W. Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three. Current Biology 30 (6 July 2020), no 13: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.012
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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.