The Role of Gene Duplication and Unconstrained Selective Pressures in the Melanopsin Gene Family Evolution and Vertebrate Circadian Rhythm Regulation

Melanopsin is a photosensitive cell protein involved in regulating circadian rhythms and other non-visual responses to light. The melanopsin gene family is represented by two paralogs, OPN4x and OPN4m, which originated through gene duplication early in the emergence of vertebrates. Here we studied t...

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Autores principales: Borges, Rui, Johnson, Warren E., O’Brien, Stephen J., Vasconcelos, Vitor, Antunes, Agostinho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23285031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052413

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23285031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0052413

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