Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8631099 | General and Comparative Endocrinology | 2018 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Tsuyoshi Shimmura, Tomoya Nakayama, Ai Shinomiya, Takashi Yoshimura,