ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2016
Effects of light environment during growth on the expression of cone opsin genes and behavioral spectral sensitivities in guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
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- Geographic variation in opsin expression does not align with opsin genotype in Lake Victoria cichlid populations.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
- Genetic and plastic variation in opsin gene expression, light sensitivity, and female response to visual signals in the guppy.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- Opsin gene expression regulated by testosterone level in a sexually dimorphic lizard.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Reviewing guppy color vision: integrating the molecular and physiological variation in visual tuning of a classic system for sensory drive.Current zoology · 2018Article
- A semi-automatic and quantitative method to evaluate behavioral photosensitivity in animals based on the optomotor response (OMR).Biology open · 2018Article
- Parallel opsin switches in multiple cone types of the starry flounder retina: tuning visual pigment composition for a demersal life style.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Genomic Environment Impacts Color Vision Evolution in a Family with Visually Based Sexual Selection.Genome biology and evolution · 2017Article
- Exploring visual plasticity: dietary carotenoids can change color vision in guppies (Poecilia reticulata).Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe visual system is important for animals for mate choice, food acquisition, and predator avoidance. Animals possessing a visual system can sense particular wavelengths of light emanating from objects and their surroundings and perceive their environments by processing information contained in these visual perceptions of light. Visual perception in individuals varies with the absorption spectra of visual pigments and the expression levels of opsin genes, which may be altered according to the light environments. However, which light environments and the mechanism by which they change opsin expression profiles and whether these changes in opsin gene expression can affect light sensitivities are largely unknown. This study determined whether the light environment during growth induced plastic changes in opsin gene expression and behavioral sensitivity to particular wavelengths of light in guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
resultsIndividuals grown under orange light exhibited a higher expression of long wavelength-sensitive (LWS) opsin genes and a higher sensitivity to 600-nm light than those grown under green light. In addition, we confirmed that variations in the expression levels of LWS opsin genes were related to the behavioral sensitivities to long wavelengths of light.
conclusionsThe light environment during the growth stage alters the expression levels of LWS opsin genes and behavioral sensitivities to long wavelengths of light in guppies. The plastically enhanced sensitivity to background light due to changes in opsin gene expression can enhance the detection and visibility of predators and foods, thereby affecting survival. Moreover, changes in sensitivities to orange light may lead to changes in the discrimination of orange/red colors of male guppies and might alter female preferences for male color patterns.
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