Parallel Losses of Blue Opsin Correlate with Compensatory Neofunctionalization of UV-Opsin Gene Duplicates in Aphids and Planthoppers

Expanding on previous efforts to survey the visual opsin repertoires of the Hemiptera, this study confirms that homologs of the UV- and LW-opsin subfamilies are conserved in all Hemiptera, while the B-opsin subfamily is missing from the Heteroptera and subgroups of the Sternorrhyncha and Auchenorrhy...

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Main Author: Markus Friedrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-09-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/9/774