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gary
14-11-2017, 09:14 AM
In a 9 Nov 2017 press release (https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/11/deep-sea-fish-reveals-twilight-vision-trick)from the University of Queensland,
scientists there have discovered a new type of cell in the eye of a deep
sea fish known as the pearlside (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller%27s_pearlside) which forms part of a visual system
adapted for twilight conditions.






The work was done at the University of Queensland Brain Institute.
Established in 2003, the institute is home to more than 450 scientists
and 42 laboratory leaders. Researchers there have made important
advances in fundamental neuroscience and in diseases such as ageing
dementia, schizophrenia and motor neurone disease.

Press release here :-
https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2017/11/deep-sea-fish-reveals-twilight-vision-trick

Paper titled "Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: The rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides" by Fanny de Busserolles
available here :-
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/11/eaao4709.full