How Greenland sharks reside for centuries with out going blind

Greenland sharks, the longest-lived vertebrates on this planet, display no indicators of bodily deterioration of their retinas even after residing for centuries. The discovering is particularly sudden as some scientists suspected the animals had been functionally blind since they reside in such deep, darkish waters.

Lily Fogg on the University of Basel, Switzerland, and her colleagues performed bodily research of the eyes of 8 lifeless Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) and sequenced their DNA.

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