Evolution and Functional Characterisation of Melanopsins in a Deep-Sea Chimaera (Elephant Shark, Callorhinchus milii)

• Main Authors: Davies W.I.L., Tay B.-H., Zheng L., Danks J.A., Brenner S., Foster R.G., Collin S.P., Hankins M.W., Venkatesh B., Hunt D.M.
• Other Authors: MEDICINE
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: complementary DNA; melanopsin; article; Callorhincus milii; controlled study; deep sea chimaera; gene; gene duplication; gene expression; gene sequence; Holocephali; mammalian genetics; nonhuman; nucleotide sequence; opn4m1 gene; opn4m2 gene; opn4x gene; photoreceptor; photosensitivity; phylogeny; retina ganglion cell; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RNA extraction; sensory system; sensory system electrophysiology; shark; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Base Sequence; Biological Evolution; Chimera; DNA Primers; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Rod Opsins; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Sharks; Callorhinchus milii; Chimaeridae; Chondrichthyes; Gnathostomata (vertebrate); Invertebrata; Mammalia; Vertebrata
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161359
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0051276