Encephalic photoreception and phototactic response in the troglobiont Somalian blind cavefish Phreatichthys andruzzii

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2898-2903

  Tarttelin, Emma E ^a   Frigato, Elena ^b   Bellingham, James ^c   Di Rosa, Viviana ^b   Berti, Roberto ^d   Foulkes, Nicholas S ^e   Lucas, Robert J ^a   Bertolucci, Cristiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavefish; Exo rod opsin; Extraretinal photoreception; Negative phototaxis; Rod opsin

Indexed keywords

SCOTOPSIN;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CAVE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOMALIA; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; BRAIN; CAVES; CYPRINIFORMES; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOBLEACHING; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; ROD OPSINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOMALIA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AMBLYOPSIDAE; ASTYANAX FASCIATUS MEXICANUS; PHREATICHTHYS ANDRUZZII;

EID: 84864328442     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.071084     Document Type: Article

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