Spectral tuning and signaling of diverse and most red sensitive animal opsins in Mantis Shrimp eyes
Camille Brouillon, Alina Pushkarev, Marjorie A. Liénard, Songhwan Hwang, Arno Munhoven, Richard J McDowell, Robert James Lucas, Megan L. Porter, Han Sun, Peter Hegemann
The paper identifies and characterizes far-red-sensitive opsins in mantis shrimp eyes, revealing their spectral tuning mechanisms and photoreversibility.
bioRxiv · Nov 25, 2025 · PreprintBiophysics