C. elegans discriminates colors to guide foraging

Color detection is used by animals of diverse phyla to navigate colorful natural environments and is thought to require evolutionarily conserved opsin photoreceptor genes. We report that Caenorhabditis elegans roundworms can discriminate between colors despite the fact that they lack eyes and opsins...

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Main Authors: Ghosh, D. Dipon (Author), Lee, Dongyeop (Author), Jin, Xin (Author), Horvitz, Howard Robert (Author), Nitabach, Michael N. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021-08-31T15:57:53Z.
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