Extreme spectral richness in the eye of the Common Bluebottle butterfly, Graphium sarpedon

Extreme spectral richness in the eye of the Common Bluebottle butterfly, Graphium sarpedon

Butterfly eyes are furnished with a variety of photoreceptors of different spectral sensitivities often in species-specific manner. We have conducted an extensive comparative study to address the question of how their spectrally complex retinas evolved. Here we investigated the structure and functio...

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Main Authors: Pei-Ju eChen, Hiroko eAwata, Atsuko eMatsushita, En-Cheng eYang, Kentaro eArikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Color Vision
insect
photoreceptor
Compound eye
Opsin
Spectral sensitivity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fevo.2016.00018/full

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