Recruitment of Rod Photoreceptors from Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones during the Evolution of Nocturnal Vision in Mammals

Developmental Cell

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 520-532

  Kim, Jung Woong ^a,b   Yang, Hyun Jin ^a   Oel, Adam Phillip ^c   Brooks, Matthew John ^a   Jia, Li ^a   Plachetzki, David Charles ^d   Li, Wei ^a   Allison, William Ted ^c   Swaroop, Anand ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHROMATIN; EYE PROTEIN; NRL PROTEIN, MOUSE; OPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARR3 GENE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMATIN; CNGA1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARK ADAPTATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GNAT1 GENE; GNAT2 GENE; MOUSE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; NONHUMAN; NR2E3 GENE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA ROD; RHO GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; EMBRYOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LIGHT; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL LINEAGE; CHICKENS; CHROMATIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIGHT; MAMMALS; MICE; NIGHT VISION; OPSINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RETINAL ROD PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84988521868     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: 18781551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.05.023     Document Type: Article

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