Table 1 |
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Comparison of peak wavelength (nanometers) of maximum absorbance for cichlid cone opsin genes expressed in COS cells and reconstituted with 11-cis retinal and visual pigments measured in situ by microspectrophotometry |
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Gene |
SWS1 |
SWS2b |
SWS2a |
RH2b |
RH2aβ |
RH2aα |
LWS |
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Metriaclima zebra [1] |
368 |
423 |
484 |
519 |
528 |
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Tilapia [19] |
360 |
425 |
456 |
472 |
518 |
528 |
560 |
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Tilapia MSP (this work) |
359 ± 6 |
427 ± 8 |
456 ± 5 |
483 ± 9 |
529 ± 12 |
595 ± 22 |
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Microspectrophotometry (MSP) data are given as the average ± 1 standard deviation and data for RH2a α and β are analyzed as one group. |
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Carleton et al. BMC Biology 2008 6:22 doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-22 |
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