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Dragonflies share humans' red-light sensing trick, detecting wavelengths near 720 nm

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Dragonflies share humans' red-light sensing trick, detecting wavelengths near 720 nm
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Sometimes, different organisms can evolve the same ability independently, a process called parallel evolution. A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has found that dragonflies sense red light similarly to mammals, including humans. The findings were published in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.

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