Bat eyes have ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptors.

Bat eyes have ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptors.

Mammalian retinae have rod photoreceptors for night vision and cone photoreceptors for daylight and colour vision. For colour discrimination, most mammals possess two cone populations with two visual pigments (opsins) that have absorption maxima at short wavelengths (blue or ultraviolet light) and l...

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Main Authors: Brigitte Müller, Martin Glösmann, Leo Peichl, Gabriel C Knop, Cornelia Hagemann, Josef Ammermüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-07-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2712075?pdf=render

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