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The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits
BACKGROUND: Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three distinct phylogenetic groups of visual opsins are found in insects, named long (LW), short (SW) and ultraviolet (UV) wavelength sensitive opsins. Recently, the LW group was found to b...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8739693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34996358 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01960-8 |