Evolution of vertebrate visual pigments

Curr Biol. 2006 Jul 11;16(13):R484-9. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.06.016.
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MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Animals
  • Color Perception / physiology
  • Environment
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Fishes / physiology
  • Mammals / physiology
  • Marsupialia / physiology
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / classification
  • Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / physiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Primates / physiology
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Rod Opsins / chemistry
  • Rod Opsins / classification
  • Rod Opsins / genetics*
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Vertebrates / classification
  • Vertebrates / genetics*
  • Vertebrates / physiology
  • Water

Substances

  • Rod Opsins
  • Water