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Contrasting modes of evolution of the visual pigments in Heliconius butterflies.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Oct 2010

Yuan Furong, Bernard Gary D, Le Jennifer, Briscoe Adriana D

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The adult compound eyes of passion-vine butterflies in the genus Heliconius contain one more UV opsin than other butterflies. Together with an 11-cis-3-hydroxyretinal chromophore, their four opsin genes UVRh1, UVRh2, BRh, and LWRh produce four rhodopsins that are UV-, blue-, or long wavelength absorbing. One of the Heliconius UV opsin genes, UVRh2, was found to have evolved under positive selection following...

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PMID: 20478921
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq124

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