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How do dragonflies detect deep red light? #science

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Dragonflies evolved a parallel red light sensing mechanism New research finds dragonflies detect deep red light using a visual protein (an opsin) that functions in a way strikingly similar to mammalian color vision. The study highlights an unusual case of parallel evolution , where two lineages…

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