Cone-like rhodopsin expressed in the all-cone retina of the colubrid pine snake as a potential adaptation to diurnality

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 2418-2425

  Bhattacharyya, Nihar ^a   Darren, Benedict ^a   Schott, Ryan K ^a   Tropepe, Vincent ^a,b,c   Chang, Belinda S W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Photoreceptor transmutation; Reptile vision; Rhodopsin; Rod and cone photoreceptors; Visual evolution; Visual pigments

Indexed keywords

REPTILIAN PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; COLUBRIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA CONE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; PHOTOPERIOD; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 85021879186     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.156430     Document Type: Article

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