Elephant Shark Genome Sequence Leads To Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
The elephant shark, a primitive deep-sea fish that belongs to the oldest living family of jawed vertebrates, can see color much like humans can. This discovery may enhance scientists' understanding of how color vision evolved in early vertebrates over the last 450 million years of evolution.