A New Model Organism to Investigate Extraocular Photoreception: Opsin and Retinal Gene Expression in the Sea Urchin <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i>

A New Model Organism to Investigate Extraocular Photoreception: Opsin and Retinal Gene Expression in the Sea Urchin <i>Paracentrotus lividus</i>

Molecular research on the evolution of extraocular photoreception has drawn attention to photosensitive animals lacking proper eye organs. Outside of vertebrates, little is known about this type of sensory system in any other deuterostome. In this study, we investigate such an extraocular photorecep...

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Main Authors: Periklis Paganos, Esther Ullrich-Lüter, Filomena Caccavale, Anne Zakrzewski, Danila Voronov, Inés Fournon-Berodia, Maria Cocurullo, Carsten Lüter, Maria Ina Arnone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Cells
Subjects:
extraocular photoreception
sea urchin
scRNA-seq
<i>opsin</i>
<i>pax6</i>
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/17/2636

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