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SUBMITTER: Rivera AS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3309880 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rivera Ajna S AS Ozturk Nuri N Fahey Bryony B Plachetzki David C DC Degnan Bernard M BM Sancar Aziz A Oakley Todd H TH
The Journal of experimental biology 20120401 Pt 8
Many larval sponges possess pigment ring eyes that apparently mediate phototactic swimming. Yet sponges are not known to possess nervous systems or opsin genes, so the unknown molecular components of sponge phototaxis must differ fundamentally from those in other animals, inspiring questions about how this sensory system functions. Here we present molecular and biochemical data on cryptochrome, a candidate gene for functional involvement in sponge pigment ring eyes. We report that Amphimedon que ...[more]