Visual pigment evolution in Characiformes: the dynamic interplay of teleost whole-genome duplication, surviving opsins and spectral tuning.
D. Escobar-Camacho, K. L. Carleton, D. W. Narain, M. E. R. Pierotti
This study examines visual pigment evolution in Characiformes, identifying mechanisms like gene duplication, conversion, and chromophore shifts that shape spectral sensitivity.
bioRxiv · Jul 8, 2019Evolutionary Biology