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Photopigments are molecules that react to light and mediate a number of processes and behaviours in animals. Visual pigments housed within the photoreceptors of the eye, such as the rods and cones in vertebrates are the best known, however, visual pigments are increasingly being found in other tissues, including other retinal cells, the skin and the brain. Other closely related molecules from the G protein family, such as melanopsin mediate light driven processes including circadian rhythmicity and pupil constriction. This Volume examines the enormous diversity of visual pigments and traces the evolution of these G protein coupled receptors in both invertebrates and vertebrates in the context of the visual and non-visual demands dictated by a species’ ecological niche.
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Book Title: Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments
Editors: David M. Hunt, Mark W. Hankins, Shaun P Collin, N. Justin Marshall
Series Title: Springer Series in Vision Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4355-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-4354-4Published: 04 October 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7957-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-4355-1Published: 04 October 2014
Series ISSN: 2625-2635
Series E-ISSN: 2625-2643
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 276
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Cell Biology