title: Will he still look good with the lights on? Spectral tuning of visual pigments in fish.
abstract: Visual perception is a key element in evolution, as it is required for many life processes. Two recent studies in BMC Biology and BMC Evolutionary Biology shed light on the genetic determinants of color detection in strikingly colored fish.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78476 Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Gunter
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D005399:Fishes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000502:physiology*; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological