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

De novo transcriptome assembly and positive selection analysis of an individual deep-sea fish

(2018) Yi Lan et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Opsin3—A Link to Visible Light-Induced Skin Pigmentation

(2018) Subba Rao Setty   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Fine structure of the luminous spines and luciferase detection in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis

(2017) Jérôme Delroisse et al.   ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER

A puzzling homology: a brittle star using a putative cnidarian-type luciferase for bioluminescence

(2017) Jérôme Delroisse et al.   Open Biology

Multi-tissue RNA-seq and transcriptome characterisation of the spiny dogfish shark (Squalus acanthias) provides a molecular tool for biological research and reveals new genes involved in osmoregulation

(2017) Andres Chana-Munoz et al.   PLoS One

FunctionAnnotator, a versatile and efficient web tool for non-model organism annotation

(2017) Ting-Wen Chen et al.   Scientific Reports

Analysis of Annotation and Differential Expression Methods used in RNA-seq Studies in Crustacean Systems

(2016) Sunetra Das et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

De Novo Adult Transcriptomes of Two European Brittle Stars: Spotlight on Opsin-Based Photoreception

(2016) Jérôme Delroisse et al.   PLoS One

Sharks senses and shark repellents

(2015) Nathan S. HART et al.   Integrative Zoology

Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria

(2015) S. D'Aniello et al.   Marine Genomics

De novo transcriptome of the European brittle star Amphiura filiformis pluteus larvae

(2015) Jérôme Delroisse et al.   Marine Genomics

Using phylogenetically-informed annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting genes in transcriptomes from non-model organisms

(2014) Daniel I Speiser et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

High opsin diversity in a non-visual infaunal brittle star

(2014) Jérôme Delroisse et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Comb Jelly Opsins and the Origins of Animal Phototransduction

(2014) Roberto Feuda et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Elephant shark genome provides unique insights into gnathostome evolution

(2014) Byrappa Venkatesh et al.   NATURE

SWISS-MODEL: modelling protein tertiary and quaternary structure using evolutionary information

(2014) Marco Biasini et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Opsin Expression in Human Epidermal Skin

(2014) Kirk Haltaufderhyde et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Photon Hunting in the Twilight Zone: Visual Features of Mesopelagic Bioluminescent Sharks

(2014) Julien M. Claes et al.   PLoS One

Cytological changes during luminescence production in lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758) photophores

(2014) Marie Renwart et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

Ultrastructural organization of lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758) photophores

(2014) Marie Renwart et al.   ZOOMORPHOLOGY

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Homologs of vertebrate Opn3 potentially serve as a light sensor in nonphotoreceptive tissue

(2013) M. Koyanagi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Genomic organization, evolution, and expression of photoprotein and opsin genes in Mnemiopsis leidyi: a new view of ctenophore photocytes

(2012) Christine E Schnitzler et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Metazoan opsin evolution reveals a simple route to animal vision

(2012) R. Feuda et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

BMGE (Block Mapping and Gathering with Entropy): a new software for selection of phylogenetic informative regions from multiple sequence alignments

(2010) Alexis Criscuolo et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phototransduction and the Evolution of Photoreceptors

(2010) Gordon L. Fain et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Nitric oxide in the control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores

(2010) J. M. Claes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Functional physiology of lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) luminescent pattern: differential hormonal regulation of luminous zones

(2010) J. M. Claes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Olfactory morphology and physiology of elasmobranchs

(2010) T. L. Meredith et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phantom hunter of the fjords: Camouflage by counterillumination in a shark (Etmopterus spinax)

(2010) Julien M. Claes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Phototransduction Motifs and Variations

(2009) King-Wai Yau et al.   CELL

Into the blue: Gene duplication and loss underlie color vision adaptations in a deep-sea chimaera, the elephant shark Callorhinchus milii

(2009) W. L. Davies et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Hormonal control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores

(2009) J. M. Claes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Evidence for light perception in a bioluminescent organ

(2009) D. Tong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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(2008) R. Li et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

RNA-Seq: a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics

(2008) Zhong Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS