Sensory receptor expansion and neural accommodation in butterfly color vision
Ke Gao, Julia A. Ainsworth, Antoine Donati, Yunchong Zhao, Michelle Franc Ragsac, Cara Genduso, Zoie Andre, Andrew Tomlinson, Michael Perry
The paper investigates how butterflies expand their color vision by adding a second R7 photoreceptor and how the brain accommodates this change through developmental mechanisms.
Science Advances · Oct 7, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology