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Title: Bugged in OZ
Post by: Dataman on January 31, 2015, 02:19:28 AM
Abstract
http://entomologytoday.org/2015/01/30/blind-cave-beetles-lack-eyes-but-still-have-sight-genes/

Full Paper
http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/2/1/140386
Title: Re: Bugged in OZ
Post by: Mike Mitchell on January 31, 2015, 01:34:23 PM
I wonder if those opsin proteins now help perform a similar task from different senses? Like bats generating a picture in their mind from their echolocation.
Title: Re: Bugged in OZ
Post by: Dataman on February 01, 2015, 04:25:48 AM
Quote from: Mike Mitchell on January 31, 2015, 01:34:23 PM
I wonder if those opsin proteins now help perform a similar task from different senses? Like bats generating a picture in their mind from their echolocation.
Maybe we should apply for a big $ grant to study that.  :wink