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For whales and seals the ocean is not blue

advantageous. Those species that have ventured out into the open ocean during further evolution might now profit again from blue cones. But the genetic defect probably is too profound to be undone. Max Planck researcher Leo Peichl summarizes: "Perhaps the colour-blindness of whales and seals is the price these mammals had to pay for access to the wealth of food in the seas."


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Contact: Dr. Leo Peichl
peichl@mpih-frankfurt.mpg.de
49-69-96769-348
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
19-Apr-2001


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