A Cambrian origin for vertebrate rods
Vertebrates acquired dim-light vision when an ancestral cone evolved into the rod photoreceptor at an unknown stage preceding the last common ancestor of extant jawed vertebrates (∼420 million years ago Ma). The jawless lampreys provide a unique opportunity to constrain the timing of this advance, a...
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2015-06-01
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/07166 |