Extraocular, rod-like photoreceptors in a flatworm express xenopsin photopigment
Work
Year: 2019
Type: preprint
Abstract: Animals detect light using opsin photopigments. One recently classified opsin clade, the xenopsins, found in lophotrochozoans, challenges our views on opsin and photoreceptor evolution. Originally tho... more
Authors Kate A. Rawlinson, François Lapraz, Johannes Girstmair, Fraser Simpson, Katharine E. Criswell +8 more
Institutions University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Institut de Biologie Valrose, Université Côte d'Azur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique +7 more
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Subfield: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Sustainable Development Goal Life below water
Open Access status: green