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
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.
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