opsin
n. [生化] 视蛋白
例句
In one type of squirrel monkey, the males lack a visual pigment called L-opsin.
在一种松鼠猴中,雄松鼠猴缺少一种叫做L视蛋白视觉色素。
He discovered that each species has completely lost at least one of the seven opsin genes, and some have even lost two.
他发现每个物种至少已经丧失了七视蛋白基因的一种,有的甚至失去了两种。
So the scientists got to wondering: what would happen if they gave a boy squirrel monkey the same opsin that girls have.
因此科学家们就考虑:如果给雄性猴子们注入这种雌性猴子拥有的视觉色素会发生什么呢?