Research ArticleORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: The rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides
- Fanny de Busserolles1,2,*,
- Fabio Cortesi1,
- Jon Vidar Helvik3,
- Wayne I. L. Davies4,5,6,
- Rachel M. Templin1,
- Robert K. P. Sullivan1,
- Craig T. Michell2,7,
- Jessica K. Mountford4,5,6,
- Shaun P. Collin4,5,6,
- Xabier Irigoien2,8,9,
- Stein Kaartvedt2,10 and
- Justin Marshall1
- 1Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
- 2Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
- 3Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen 5020, Norway.
- 4The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
- 5School of Biological Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
- 6Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
- 7Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu 7, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
- 8Marine Research, AZTI - Tecnalia, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia (Gipuzkoa), Spain.
- 9IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
- 10Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo 0316, Norway.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: f.debusserolles{at}uq.edu.au
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Science Advances 08 Nov 2017:
Vol. 3, no. 11, eaao4709
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4709
Vol. 3, no. 11, eaao4709
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao4709
Fanny de Busserolles
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.
Fabio Cortesi
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Jon Vidar Helvik
Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen 5020, Norway.
Wayne I. L. Davies
The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.School of Biological Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Rachel M. Templin
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Robert K. P. Sullivan
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
Craig T. Michell
Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Yliopistokatu 7, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland.
Jessica K. Mountford
The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.School of Biological Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Shaun P. Collin
The Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.School of Biological Science, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.Lions Eye Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia.
Xabier Irigoien
Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.Marine Research, AZTI - Tecnalia, Herrera Kaia, Portualdea z/g, 20110 Pasaia (Gipuzkoa), Spain.IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
Stein Kaartvedt
Red Sea Research Center, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia.Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo 0316, Norway.
Justin Marshall
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.
