Open AccessOne Rhodopsin per Photoreceptor: Iro-C Genes Break the Rule
Author(s) -
Doekele G. Stavenga,
Kentaro Arikawa
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060115
Subject(s) - biology , rhodopsin , gene , genetics , evolutionary biology , retinal , botany
While photoreceptors usually contain a single type of rhodopsin, two rhodopsins are sometimes expressed. This bi-allelic expression appears to be under genetic control, an example of which is discussed in this Primer.
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