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Blue-light-receptive cryptochrome is expressed in a sponge eye lacking neurons and opsin

Many larval sponges possess pigment ring eyes that apparently mediate phototactic swimming. Yet sponges are not known to possess nervous systems or opsin genes, so the unknown molecular components of sponge phototaxis must differ fundamentally from those in other animals, inspiring questions about h...

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Hauptverfasser: Rivera, Ajna S., Ozturk, Nuri, Fahey, Bryony, Plachetzki, David C., Degnan, Bernard M., Sancar, Aziz, Oakley, Todd H.
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Company of Biologists 2012
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309880/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22442365
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.067140
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