Research news: Binocular vision gene is discovered

The News:
Binocular vision gene is discovered
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 17 (UPI) -- A team of U.S., Australian, and German researchers have identified the gene needed for binocular vision in mice.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Mriganka Sur and colleagues from the University of Sydney and the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Germany studied normal mice, as well as mice in which the activity of the critical gene was suppressed.
They noted many animals, including mice and humans, are able to perceive depth because of the successful coordination of different images from each eye.
The scientists found mice with the suppressed gene were blind, although their eyes worked normally. The investigators discovered the image from one eye suppressed the image from the other eye. When the neural signals from one eye were blocked, the affected mice could once again see, though only with monocular vision.

The Research:
Read the research behind this story in the journal PLoS Biology.