A blind circadian clock in Cavefish reveals that opsins mediate peripheral clock photoreception
Evolution during millions of years in perpetual darkness leads to mutations in non-visual opsin genes (Melanopsin and TMT opsin) and an aberrant, blind circadian clock in cavefish.
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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September 6, 2011
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PLoS biology
Year: 2011, Volume: 9, Issue: 9 |
| ISSN: | 1545-7885 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001142 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001142 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001142 
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| Author Notes: | Nicola Cavallari, Elena Frigato, Daniela Vallone, Nadine Fröhlich, Jose Fernando Lopez-Olmeda, Augusto Foà, Roberto Berti, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Vázquez, Cristiano Bertolucci, Nicholas S. Foulkes |
| Summary: | Evolution during millions of years in perpetual darkness leads to mutations in non-visual opsin genes (Melanopsin and TMT opsin) and an aberrant, blind circadian clock in cavefish. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 19.07.2017 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1545-7885 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001142 |