enricosavazzi Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Spectral shifts of mammalian ultravioletsensitive pigments (Short wavelengthsensitive opsin 1) are associated with eye length and photic niche evolution. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284185545_Spectral_shifts_of_mammalian_ultravioletsensitive_pigments_Short_wavelengthsensitive_opsin_1_are_associated_with_eye_length_and_photic_niche_evolution It seems that UV vision is an ancestral mammal character, and that it was repeatedly lost during evolution, when mammal body size and their eye size increased and mammals turned from mostly nocturnal to mostly diurnal. Link to comment
rfcurry Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Enrico, The full text is available for free at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2015.1817 Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Link to comment
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