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SUBMITTER: Feuda R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824169 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Feuda Roberto R Marlétaz Ferdinand F Bentley Michael A MA Holland Peter W H PW
Genome biology and evolution 20160209 3
Opsin proteins covalently bind to small molecular chromophores and each protein-chromophore complex is sensitive to particular wavelengths of light. Multiple opsins with different wavelength absorbance peaks are required for color vision. Comparing opsin responses is challenging at low light levels, explaining why color vision is often lost in nocturnal species. Here, we investigated opsin evolution in 27 phylogenetically diverse insect species including several transitions between photic niches ...[more]