De novo transcriptome analyses provide insights into opsin-based photoreception in the lanternshark Etmopterus spinax.

The velvet belly lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax) is a small deep-sea shark commonly found in the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. This bioluminescent species is able to emit a blue-green ventral glow used in counter-illumination camouflage, mainly. In this study, paired-end Illumina HiSe...

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Main Authors: Jérôme Delroisse, Laurent Duchatelet, Patrick Flammang, Jérôme Mallefet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209767