Photoreceptor evolution: ancient 'cones' turn out to be rods.

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Abstract

Vertebrate rod photoreceptors are thought to have evolved from cone photoreceptors only after the divergence of the jawed and jawless fishes, but this idea is questioned by new evidence that the short 'cones' of jawless sea lampreys are physiologically equivalent to rods.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R148-R151
JournalCurrent Biology
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Zoology

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