scholarly journals Plasticity of opsin gene expression in the adult red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis) in response to turbid habitats

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. e0215376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Hao Chang ◽  
Hong Young Yan
2011 ◽  
Vol 214 (19) ◽  
pp. 3248-3254 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Rennison ◽  
G. L. Owens ◽  
W. T. Allison ◽  
J. S. Taylor

2008 ◽  
Vol 211 (24) ◽  
pp. 3879-3888 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. E. Temple ◽  
K. M. Veldhoen ◽  
J. T. Phelan ◽  
N. J. Veldhoen ◽  
C. W. Hawryshyn

2015 ◽  
Vol 218 (6) ◽  
pp. 915-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Beckmann ◽  
L. Hering ◽  
M. J. Henze ◽  
A. Kelber ◽  
P. A. Stevenson ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 115 (48) ◽  
pp. 12247-12252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusuke Sakai ◽  
Shoji Kawamura ◽  
Masakado Kawata

According to the sensory drive model, variation in visual properties can lead to diverse female preferences, which in turn results in a range of male nuptial colors by way of sexual selection. However, the cause of variation in visual properties and the mechanism by which variation drives female response to visual signals remain unclear. Here, we demonstrate that both differences in the long-wavelength–sensitive 1 (LWS-1) opsin genotype and the light environment during rearing lead to variation in opsin gene expression. Opsin expression variation affects the visual sensitivity threshold to long wavelengths of light. Moreover, a behavioral assay using digitally modified video images showed that the expression of multiple opsin genes is positively correlated with the female responsiveness to images of males with luminous orange spots. The findings suggest that genetic polymorphisms and light environment in habitats induce variations in opsin gene expression levels. The variations may facilitate variations in visual sensitivity and female responsiveness to male body colors within and among populations.


1990 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izhak Nir ◽  
Neeraj Agarwal ◽  
David S. Papermaster

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (19) ◽  
pp. 1734-1739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliet W.L. Parry ◽  
Karen L. Carleton ◽  
Tyrone Spady ◽  
Aba Carboo ◽  
David M. Hunt ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tobler ◽  
Seth W. Coleman ◽  
Brian D. Perkins ◽  
Gil G. Rosenthal

Regressive evolution of structures associated with vision in cave-dwelling organisms is the focus of intense research. Most work has focused on differences between extreme visual phenotypes: sighted, surface animals and their completely blind, cave-dwelling counterparts. We suggest that troglodytic systems, comprising multiple populations that vary along a gradient of visual function, may prove critical in understanding the mechanisms underlying initial regression in visual pathways. Gene expression assays of natural and laboratory-reared populations of the Atlantic molly ( Poecilia mexicana ) revealed reduced opsin expression in cave-dwelling populations compared with surface-dwelling conspecifics. Our results suggest that the reduction in opsin expression in cave-dwelling populations is not phenotypically plastic but reflects a hardwired system not rescued by exposure to light during retinal ontogeny. Changes in opsin gene expression may consequently represent a first evolutionary step in the regression of eyes in cave organisms.


2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 2839-2854 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. E. O'Quin ◽  
C. M. Hofmann ◽  
H. A. Hofmann ◽  
K. L. Carleton

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