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Red-sensitive pigments in mantis shrimp eyes act as reversible light switches
With about 30 visual pigments, compared to just three in humans, mantis shrimp possess a visual system that remains a mystery.
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With about 30 visual pigments, compared to just three in humans, mantis shrimp possess a visual system that remains a mystery. Researchers from ULiège and Humboldt University in Berlin have, for the first time, analyzed these pigments one by one and discovered that some detect red light that very few animals can perceive. This finding, published in Science Advances , has potential applications in optogenetics.
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