Ward, Matthew N

The molecular basis of color vision in colorful fish: four long wave-sensitive (LWS) opsins in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) are defined by amino acid substitutions at key functional sites. [electronic resource] - BMC evolutionary biology Jul 2008 - 210 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1471-2148

10.1186/1471-2148-8-210 doi


Amino Acid Substitution
Animals
Color Perception--physiology
Cyprinodontiformes--genetics
Gene Duplication
Mosaicism
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phylogeny
Poecilia--classification
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rod Opsins--chemistry