The evolution and expression of the moth visual opsin family.

Because visual genes likely evolved in response to their ambient photic environment, the dichotomy between closely related nocturnal moths and diurnal butterflies forms an ideal basis for investigating their evolution. To investigate whether the visual genes of moths are associated with nocturnal di...

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Main Authors: Pengjun Xu, Bin Lu, Haijun Xiao, Xiaowei Fu, Robert W Murphy, Kongming Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813493?pdf=render