ArticleJournal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology2016
Exploring visual plasticity: dietary carotenoids can change color vision in guppies (Poecilia reticulata).
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- Exposure to Predators Induces Phenotypic Plasticity in Cone Opsin Expression Profiles but not in Eye Size of Female Trinidad Guppies.Zoological studies · 2026Article
- Phylogenetic analysis and ontogenetic changes in the cone opsins of the western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis).PloS one · 2020Article
- 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
- Reviewing guppy color vision: integrating the molecular and physiological variation in visual tuning of a classic system for sensory drive.Current zoology · 2018Article
- 25 Years of sensory drive: the evidence and its watery bias.Current zoology · 2018Article
- The pervasive effects of lighting environments on sensory drive in bluefin killifish: an investigation into male/male competition, female choice, and predation.Current zoology · 2018Article
- Opsin expression predicts male nuptial color in threespine stickleback.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
- Adult plasticity in African cichlids: Rapid changes in opsin expression in response to environmental light differences.Molecular ecology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Differences in color vision can play a key role in an organism's ability to perceive and interact with the environment across a broad range of taxa. Recently, species have been shown to vary in color vision across populations as a result of differences in regulatory sequence and/or plasticity of opsin gene expression. For decades, biologists have been intrigued by among-population variation in color-based mate preferences of female Trinidadian guppies. We proposed that some of this variation results from variation in color vision caused by plasticity in opsin expression. Specifically, we asked about the role of dietary carotenoid availability, because carotenoids (1) are the precursors for vitamin A, which is essential for the creation of photopigments and (2) have been linked to variation in female mate choice. We raised guppies on different carotenoid-level diets and measured opsin expression. Guppies raised on high-carotenoid diets expressed higher levels of long wavelength sensitive opsin (LWS) opsins than those raised on lower levels of carotenoids. These results suggest that dietary effects on opsin expression represent a previously unaccounted for mechanism by which ecological differences across populations could lead to mate choice differences.
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