Shedding new light on opsin evolution
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- 19 October 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 279 (1726) , 3-14
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.1819
Abstract
Opsin proteins are essential molecules in mediating the ability of animals to detect and use light for diverse biological functions. Therefore, understanding the evolutionary history of opsins is k...Keywords
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