The molecular evolution of avian ultraviolet- and violet-sensitive visual pigments

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1843-1852

  Carvalho, Livia S ^a   Cowing, Jill A ^a   Wilkie, Susan E ^a   Bowmaker, James K ^a   Hunt, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Spectral tuning; Ultraviolet; Vision; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYSTEINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

AVES; COLUMBA; TROGON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547755045     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm109     Document Type: Article

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