Simultaneous expression of UV and violet SWS1 opsins expands the visual palette in a group of freshwater snakes
(2021)
Journal Article
Hauzman, E., Pierotti, M., Bhattacharyya, N., H. Tashiro, J., A.M. Yovanovich, C., F. Campos, P., …S.W. Chang, B. (2021). Simultaneous expression of UV and violet SWS1 opsins expands the visual palette in a group of freshwater snakes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(12), 5225–5240. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab285
Snakes are known to express a rod visual opsin and two cone opsins, only (SWS1, LWS), a reduced palette resulting from their supposedly fossorial origins. Dipsadid snakes in the genus Helicops are highly visual predators that successfully invaded fre... Read More about Simultaneous expression of UV and violet SWS1 opsins expands the visual palette in a group of freshwater snakes.