感觉神经科学：对光的感知与动物视觉的起源

Sensory Neuroscience: A Taste for Light and the Origin of Animal Vision.

机构信息

School of Biological Sciences and School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Department of Sustainable Agro-ecosystems and Bioresources, Fondazione Edmund Mach, San Michele all'Adige, Italy.

出版信息

Curr Biol. 2020 Jul 6;30(13):R773-R775. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.009.

DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.009

PMID:32634420

Abstract

Opsins are genes underpinning vision in animals. A new study shows that they are also involved in taste perception in fruit flies, significantly expanding their scope of action. This has important implications for our understanding of the evolution of vision.

摘要

视蛋白是动物视觉的基础基因。一项新的研究表明，它们也参与果蝇的味觉感知，显著扩大了它们的作用范围。这对我们理解视觉的进化具有重要意义。