Birds evolved ultraviolet vision several times

Monday, February 11, 2013 - 10:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Ultraviolet vision evolved at least eight times in birds from a common violet sensitive ancestor finds a new study. All of these are due to single nucleotide changes in the DNA.

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