How does the mystery of the Chinese cat eyes relate to the evolution of vision in mammals?
The domestic cat, Felis catus, originated in the African wildcat species complex, a group that inhabits tropical and subtropical areas, reaching the warmer parts of Western Asia. The eyes of domestic cats are so similar to ours that human eye cells injected in cat eyes develop perfectly1. There are...
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RBT400302023-07-11T17:29:31Z How does the mystery of the Chinese cat eyes relate to the evolution of vision in mammals? How does the mystery of the Chinese cat eyes relate to the evolution of vision in mammals? Monge-Nájera, Julián domestic cats rods cones light nocturnal vision pupils domestic cats rods cones light nocturnal vision pupils The domestic cat, Felis catus, originated in the African wildcat species complex, a group that inhabits tropical and subtropical areas, reaching the warmer parts of Western Asia. The eyes of domestic cats are so similar to ours that human eye cells injected in cat eyes develop perfectly1. There are also differences, the phrase “all cats are grey in the dark” reflects a physiological reality: at low light levels, human eyes only use cells called rods; and rods cannot perceive colors. But cats see well and in color even in low light, thanks to a combination of rods and color sensitive cells called cones2.To understand why, we must go to the past.--READ MORE-- The domestic cat, Felis catus, originated in the African wildcat species complex, a group that inhabits tropical and subtropical areas, reaching the warmer parts of Western Asia. The eyes of domestic cats are so similar to ours that human eye cells injected in cat eyes develop perfectly1. There are also differences, the phrase “all cats are grey in the dark” reflects a physiological reality: at low light levels, human eyes only use cells called rods; and rods cannot perceive colors. But cats see well and in color even in low light, thanks to a combination of rods and color sensitive cells called cones2.To understand why, we must go to the past.--READ MORE-- Universidad de Costa Rica 2019-12-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/40030 Revista de Biología Tropical; 2019: blogRBT - Serie 5; Blog Revista de Biología Tropical; 2019: blogRBT - Serie 5; Blog Revista Biología Tropical; 2019: blogRBT - Serie 5; Blog 2215-2075 0034-7744 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/40030/40585 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/40030/40592 Copyright (c) 2019 Julián Monge-Nájera |
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The domestic cat, Felis catus, originated in the African wildcat species complex, a group that inhabits tropical and subtropical areas, reaching the warmer parts of Western Asia.
The eyes of domestic cats are so similar to ours that human eye cells injected in cat eyes develop perfectly1. There are also differences, the phrase “all cats are grey in the dark” reflects a physiological reality: at low light levels, human eyes only use cells called rods; and rods cannot perceive colors. But cats see well and in color even in low light, thanks to a combination of rods and color sensitive cells called cones2.To understand why, we must go to the past.--READ MORE-- |
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How does the mystery of the Chinese cat eyes relate to the evolution of vision in mammals? |
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