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Ricardo D. Romero

Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasORCID 0009-0006-8316-8379Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Evolutionary BiologyGenome Biology and EvolutionPeer-reviewedApr 7, 2025

Evolution of pineal non-visual opsins in lizards and the tuatara (Lepidosauria)

Ricardo D. Romero, Flávio S. J. de Souza

The paper identifies a novel opsin gene, OPNLEP, in lepidosaurs and shows its correlation with the presence of a parietal eye and losses of non-visual opsins in certain lizard clades.

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