Elucidation of phenotypic adaptations: Molecular analyses of dim-light vision proteins in vertebrates

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 13480-13485

  Yokoyama, Shozo ^a   Tada, Takashi ^a   Zhang, Huan ^b   Britt, Lyle ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular adaptation; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ADAPTATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DARKNESS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51649122492     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802426105     Document Type: Article

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