ArticleRoyal Society open science2019
Reverting ontogeny: rapid phenotypic plasticity of colour vision in cichlid fish.
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- Visual pigment chromophore usage in Nicaraguan Midas cichlids: phenotypic plasticity and genetic assimilation ofHydrobiologia · 2025Article
- Expansion and Functional Diversification of Long-Wavelength-Sensitive Opsin in Anabantoid Fishes.Journal of molecular evolution · 2024Article
- Differential Regulation of Opsin Gene Expression in Response to Internal and External Stimuli.Genome biology and evolution · 2024Article
- Developing and adult reef fish show rapid light-induced plasticity in their visual system.Molecular ecology · 2023Article
- Contribution of opsins and chromophores to cone pigment variation across populations of Lake Victoria cichlids.Journal of fish biology · 2022Article
- Evolutionary ecology of the visual opsin gene sequence and its expression in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus).BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Axes of visual adaptation in the ecologically diverse family Cichlidae.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2020Review
- Reverting ontogeny: rapid phenotypic plasticity of colour vision in cichlid fish.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
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Abstract
Phenotypic plasticity, particularly during development, allows organisms to rapidly adjust to different environmental conditions. Yet, it is often unclear whether the extent and direction of plastic changes are restricted by an individual's ontogeny. Many species of cichlid fishes go through ontogenetic changes in visual sensitivity, from short to long wavelengths, by switching expression of cone opsin genes crucial for colour vision. During this progression, individuals often exhibit phenotypic plasticity to the ambient light conditions. However, it is commonly assumed that once an adult visual phenotype is reached, reverting to an earlier ontogenetic state with higher sensitivity at shorter wavelengths is not common. In this study, we experimentally demonstrate that four-month-old Midas cichlid fish (
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