Evolution of Visual and Non-visual Pigments

David M. Hunt, Mark W. Hankins, Shaun P Collin, N. Justin Marshall (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4899-7957-5 (ISBN)

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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.

1. The evolution of pineal and parapineal photopigments (Matsumasa Koyanagi) 2. The evolution and function of melanopsin (Wayne Davies) 3. The evolution of non-visual photopigments in the CNS of vertebrates (Mark Hankins) 4. The evolution of invertebrate photoreceptors and photopigments (Tom Cronin) 5. Visual adaptations in insect photopigments (Amanda Briscoe) 6. The evolution of photoreceptors and visual photopigments in vertebrates (David Hunt) 7. Diversity and functional properties of bistable photopigments (Akihisa Terakita) 8. Adaptations to dim light (Julian Partridge) 9. The role of visual photopigment evolution in speciation (Karen Carleton) Authors have not been confirmed.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	Springer Series in Vision Research ; 4
Zusatzinfo	46 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 276 p. 62 illus., 46 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
Schlagworte	colour vision • opsins • Photopigments • Visual ecology • visual pigments
ISBN-10	1-4899-7957-3 / 1489979573
ISBN-13	978-1-4899-7957-5 / 9781489979575
Zustand	Neuware