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

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Summary, in English

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.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

148-151

Publication/Series

Current Biology

Volume

25

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Zoology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund Vision Group

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1879-0445