Insights into the evolutionary origin of the pineal color discrimination mechanism from the river lamprey
Abstract Background Pineal-related organs in cyclostomes, teleosts, amphibians, and reptiles exhibit color opponency, generating antagonistic neural responses to different wavelengths of light and thereby sensory information about its “color”. Our previous studies suggested that in zebrafish and igu...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Biology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01121-1 |