Shimmura Tsuyoshi, Nakayama Tomoya, Shinomiya Ai, Yoshimura Takashi
Division of Seasonal Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan; Department of Basic Biology, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama 240-0193, Japan.
Division of Seasonal Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan; Laboratory of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8601, Japan.
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2018 May 1;260:171-174. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.12.010. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
In temperate zones, organisms experience dynamic fluctuations in environment including changes in color. To cope with such seasonal changes in the environment, organisms adapt their physiology and behavior. Although color perception has been believed to be fixed throughout life, there is increasing evidence for the alteration in opsin gene expression induced by environmental stimuli in a number of animals. Very recently, dynamic seasonal plasticity in color perception has been reported in the seasonally breeding medaka fish. Interestingly, seasonal changes in human color perception have also been reported. Therefore, plasticity of color perception, induced by environmental stimuli, might be a common phenomenon across various species.
在温带地区，生物体经历着包括颜色变化在内的环境动态波动。为了应对这种环境的季节性变化，生物体调整其生理和行为。尽管人们一直认为颜色感知在整个生命过程中是固定不变的，但越来越多的证据表明，许多动物的视蛋白基因表达会因环境刺激而发生改变。最近，有报道称季节性繁殖的青鳉鱼存在颜色感知的动态季节性可塑性。有趣的是，也有报道称人类的颜色感知存在季节性变化。因此，由环境刺激引起的颜色感知可塑性可能是跨物种的普遍现象。
