Title : Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds.

Pub. Date : 2016 Jul 12

PMID : 27402384






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1 Here, we show that SWS2 cone spectral tuning is mediated by modulating the ratio of two apocarotenoids, galloxanthin and 11",12"-dihydrogalloxanthin, which act as intracellular spectral filters in this cell type. apocarotenoids EF-hand domain family member D1 Homo sapiens