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Colour vision and photoreceptors in reef fish: a model system to discover the function of double cones (2005–2010)

Abstract:
The eyes of most vertebrates including fish frogs reptiles and kangaroos are packed with double cones light sensitive cells for vision. These photoreceptors are not present in human retina (or other placental mammals) and perhaps as a result we have overlooked the fact that we do not know what they do. Our aim is to discover the function of these most abundant vertebrate cones using a multidisciplinary battery of techniques and a carefully selected set of 4 reef fish. The differences in double cone contribution to the visual world of these fish will teach us not just about their biology but also the possible uses of double cones in all vertebrates
Grant type:
ARC Discovery Projects
Funded by:
Australian Research Council