The eyes have it: Regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Hofmann, Christopher M ^a   O'Quin, Kelly E ^a   Justin Marshall, N ^b   Cronin, Thomas W ^c   Seehausen, Ole ^d,e   Carleton, Karen L ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPSIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CICHLID; EYE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ADAPTATION; AFRICA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; VISION;

CICHLIDAE; PISCES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SPECIATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OPSINS; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 73949118416     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000266     Document Type: Article

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