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Ancient whale rhodopsin reconstructs dim-light vision over a major evolutionary transition: Implications for ancestral diving behavior

Cetaceans are fully aquatic mammals that descended from terrestrial ancestors, an iconic evolutionary transition characterized by adaptations for underwater foraging via breath-hold diving. Although the evolutionary history of this specialized behavior is challenging to reconstruct, coevolving senso...

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Autores principales: Dungan, Sarah Z., Chang, Belinda S. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9271160/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35759662
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118145119