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Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 The emerald ash borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis, is a highly destructive quarantine pest. The olfactory and visual systems of A. planipennis play different but critical roles at newly emerged and sexually mature stages; however, the molecular basis ...
Sifan Shen +9 more
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Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs [PDF]
, 2019 We examined lens and brille transmittance, photoreceptors, visual pigments, and visual opsin gene sequences of viperid snakes with and without infrared-sensing pit organs. Ocular media transmittance is high in both groups.
Douglas, R. H. +12 more
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Dorsal Raphe VIP Neurons Are Critical for Survival‐Oriented Vigilance
Advanced Science, EarlyView.DRNVIP neurons in mice and primates are strategically positioned to influence the central extended amygdala via feedback loops. They regulate the excitability of PKC‐δ neurons in the ovBNST and CeA through glutamate release. Their ablation heightens activity in these regions, disrupts active‐phase sleep architecture, enhances risk assessment behaviors ...
Adriane Guillaumin +15 more
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BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background Opsins are G protein-coupled receptors used for both visual and non-visual photoreception, and these proteins evolutionarily date back to the base of the bilaterians.
Elijah K. Lowe +4 more
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Cells, 2021 Calcium ion channels are involved in numerous biological functions such as lymphocyte activation, muscle contraction, neurotransmission, excitation, hormone secretion, gene expression, cell migration, memory, and aging.
Lena Maltan +3 more
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Genome biology, 2005 The photosensitive molecule rhodopsin and its relatives consist of a protein moiety - an opsin - and a non-protein moiety - the chromophore retinal. Opsins, which are G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), are found in animals, and more than a thousand have been identified so far.
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EVOLUTION OF THE CIRCADIAN CLOCK IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENT: LESSONS FROM CAVEFISH. [PDF]
, 2010 Evolution has been strongly influenced by the daily cycles of temperature and light imposed by the rotation of the Earth. Fascinating demonstrations of this are seen in extreme environments such as caves where some animals have remained completely ...
Cavallari, Nicola
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A New Era for Using Natural Pigments: The Case of the C50 Carotenoid Called Bacterioruberin
Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Haloarchaea are extremophilic microorganisms belonging to the Archaea domain that require high salt concentrations to live, thus inhabiting ecosystems like salty ponds, salty marshes, or extremely salty lagoons. They are more abundant and widely distributed worldwide than initially expected.
Micaela Giani +5 more
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Wild-type opsin does not aggregate with a misfolded opsin mutant
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 2016 Rhodopsin is the light receptor in photoreceptor cells that plays a central role in phototransduction and photoreceptor cell health. Mutations in rhodopsin are the leading cause of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa (adRP), a retinal degenerative disease. A majority of mutations in rhodopsin cause misfolding and aggregation of the apoprotein opsin.
Megan, Gragg +3 more
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Rapid adaptive evolution of colour vision in the threespine stickleback radiation. [PDF]
, 2016 Vision is a sensory modality of fundamental importance for many animals, aiding in foraging, detection of predators and mate choice. Adaptation to local ambient light conditions is thought to be commonplace, and a match between spectral sensitivity and ...
Heckman, Nancy +4 more
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