Extravisual opsins in the blind shrimp Creaseria morleyi: presence and expression

Abstract The presence of a long-wavelength sensitive (LWS) opsin gene was demonstrated in the stygobitic crustacean Creaseria morleyi (Creaser, 1936) by PCR readings from genomic DNA. In order to find the expression of this gene in extraocular tissue, shrimps were collected and placed in a tank to e...

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Published in:	Nauplius
Main Authors:	José R. Pérez-Calderón, Jorge A. Pérez-León, Nuno Simões, Marisela Aguirre-Ramírez, Roxana E. Malpica-Calderón, Alejandro Botello
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2023-11-01
Subjects:	Photopigment phototransduction stygofauna
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972023000100220&tlng=en