CONVERGENT EVOLUTION OF THE RED-LIKE AND GREEN-LIKE VISUAL PIGMENT GENES IN FISH, ASTYANAX-FASCIATUS, AND HUMAN

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YOKOYAMA, R
YOKOYAMA, S
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关键词
adaptive evolution; color vision; DNA sequencing; genomic clones;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.87.23.9315
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We have isolated and sequenced genes from the blind cave fish, Astyanax fasciatus, that are homologous to the human red and green visual pigment genes. The data strongly suggest that, like human, these fish have one red-like visual pigment gene and multiple green-like visual pigment genes. By comparing the DNA sequences of the human and fish visual pigment genes and knowing their phylogenetic relationship, one can infer the direction of amino acid substitutions in the red and green visual pigments. The results indicate that the red pigments in human and fish evolved from the green pigment independently by identical amino acid substitutions in only a few key positions.
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