Opsin gene duplication in Lepidoptera: retrotransposition, sex linkage, and gene expression
P. O. Mulhair, L. Crowley, D. H. Boyes, O. T. Lewis, P. W. H. Holland
This study annotates opsin genes in 219 Lepidoptera genomes, identifies 44 duplication events, and finds conserved expression of a long-wavelength sensitive retrogene in Noctuoidea.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2023Evolutionary Biology