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Cone-like rhodopsin expressed in the all-cone retina of the colubrid pine snake as a potential adaptation to diurnality.

The Journal of experimental biology (2017-05-05)
Nihar Bhattacharyya, Benedict Darren, Ryan K Schott, Vincent Tropepe, Belinda S W Chang
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Colubridae is the largest and most diverse family of snakes, with visual systems that reflect this diversity, encompassing a variety of retinal photoreceptor organizations. The transmutation theory proposed by Walls postulates that photoreceptors could evolutionarily transition between cell types in squamates, but few studies have tested this theory. Recently, evidence for transmutation and rod-like machinery in an all-cone retina has been identified in a diurnal garter snake (

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3-(2-Pyridyl)-5,6-diphenyl-1,2,4-triazine, ≥99%