Now, the colorblind mice can see like a human being! Scientists have endowed a few with a human gene which is allowing the rodents to see the world in full ‘Technicolor splendor’.
This is a groundbreaking achievement in resolving a long-standing debate on -
How color vision arose in human ancestors tens of millions of years ago?
This work might be of great help in curing some of the millions of colorblind Americans.
It may too help enhance healthy people’s vision. Thus, you can go all optimistic to be able to experience a richer palette compared to what is possible with standard-issue eyes.
Brian C. Verrelli, an evolutionary geneticist who studies color vision at Arizona State University said,
Leading the new study with Gerald H. Jacobs of the University of California at Santa Barbara, Jeremy Nathans of the Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore said,It opens up huge doors to understanding how color vision evolved and where it can go.
This experiment says it had an advantage immediately,” said. “And if you think about it, that’s a very good way to build a brain, so that even a small evolutionary tweak can immediately, give you an advantage.
