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Whale shark rhodopsin adapted to deep-sea lifestyle by a substitution associated with human disease
Spectral tuning of visual pigments often facilitates adaptation to new environments, and it is intriguing to study the visual ecology of pelagic sharks with secondarily expanded habitats. The whale shark, which dives into the deep sea of nearly 2,000 meters besides near-surface filter feeding, was p...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10068813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36943890 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220728120 |