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ABSTRACT This study assessed the ecotoxicological effects of treated sewage on the freshwater planarian Girardia tigrina, integrating biochemical, energetic, and behavioral biomarkers. Planarians were exposed for 48 h to different concentrations of treated sewage (12.5%, 25%, 50%, and 100%) and compared to controls using commercial water and water from
Renata M. P. Freitas +3 more
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Photoreceptor Evolution: Ancient Siblings Serve Different Tasks
Photoreceptor cells of vertebrate eyes are fundamentally different from those of invertebrate eyes. New work on the brain of a ragworm now suggests that ancestral bilaterians possessed both types of photoreceptor ...
Nilsson, D.-E., Nilsson, Dan-E
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Extraocular Photoreception in Optic Lobes, Suckers, and Skin of Octopus vulgaris
Evidence of extra‐ocular photoreception in Octopus vulgaris (a) Diagram of the O. vulgaris different tissues considered: SPB, sucker proximal big; SPL, sucker proximal large; SM, sucker medium; SD, sucker distal; SK, skin; OL, optic lobes; RT, retina; (b‐d) Gene expression analysis of Ov‐GRK1 (red), Ov‐retinochrome (green), Ov‐rhodopsin (blue) mRNA ...
Valeria Maselli +7 more
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ABSTRACT Marine gastrotrichs inhabit sediments with limited available light, yet evidence suggests that photoreceptor organs are present throughout the phylum Gastrotricha. Here, we confirm this proposition with ultrastructural descriptions of photoreceptive organs in two species of Xenotrichulidae (Order Chaetonotida) that lack pigmented ocelli ...
Thiago Quintão Araújo, Rick Hochberg
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Bat eyes have ultraviolet-sensitive cone photoreceptors
Mammalian retinae have rod photoreceptors for night vision and cone photoreceptors for daylight and colour vision. For colour discrimination, most mammals possess two cone populations with two visual pigments (opsins) that have absorption maxima at short
Josef Ammermüller +23 more
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The circadian clock and melatonin coordinate homeostasis in many animals, yet their influence on reproduction and neoblast proliferation has only been shown in triclads. This study demonstrates that the early‐branching catenulid Stenostomum virginianum contains photoreceptive refractile bodies, synthesizes endogenous melatonin, and that exogenous ...
Daniel L. Stanton +5 more
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Pattern-Dependent Response Modulations in Motion-Sensitive Visual Interneurons-A Model Study
Meyer HG, Lindemann JP, Egelhaaf M. Pattern-Dependent Response Modulations in Motion-Sensitive Visual Interneurons-A Model Study. PLoS ONE. 2011;6(7): e21488.Even if a stimulus pattern moves at a constant velocity across the receptive field of motion ...
Lindemann, Jens Peter ; https://orcid.org/ +8 more
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A Quarter Century of EHD Protein Research: From Endosomal Recycling to Ciliopathies
Human EHD protein subcellular localization. ABSTRACT Eps15 homology domain‐containing proteins comprise a conserved family of membrane‐remodeling ATPases that regulate endocytic trafficking, membrane fission, receptor recycling, primary ciliogenesis and membrane dynamics across eukaryotes. Since the initial identification of EHD1 and its Caenorhabditis
Devin Frisby +3 more
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We have identified a second Drosophila opsin gene, Rh4, which is expressed specifically in the ultraviolet-sensitive R7 photoreceptor cells. The two R7 opsins, Rh3 and Rh4, are expressed in nonoverlapping subsets of R7 cells.
G Rubin, K Jones, C Zuker, C Montell
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This review surveys eukaryotic cilia as putative quantum‐enabled sensory and regulatory centers. It highlights their multifaceted roles in the cell, focuses on the nontrivial roles of quantum mechanics in their membrane and cytoskeletal proteins, and introduces the essential building blocks enabling quantum properties to survive in the warm, wet, and ...
Daniel L. Bilezikian +5 more
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