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The life aquatic: Why diurnal frog species kept genes adapted to night vision
Frogs display a remarkable diversity of species as a whole‚ but does the same hold true for their visual abilities? A new study led by York University';s Faculty of Science has sought to answer this question by collaborating with researchers in Australia‚ Belgium‚ Brazil‚ Cameroon‚ Ecuador‚ Equatorial Guinea‚ French Guiana‚ Gabon‚ Seychelles‚ Sweden‚ United Kingdom and the United States‚ to get a sample of a diverse array of frogs to study the visual pigments found in their eyes.