Green-sensitive opsin (RH2)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Thunnus orientalis
Pacific bluefin tuna - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Nakamura Y; Mori K; Saitoh K ; et al. (2013)
Evolutionary changes of multiple visual pigment genes in the complete genome of Pacific bluefin tuna[...]
Rhodopsin (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Thunnus orientalis
Pacific bluefin tuna - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Nakamura Y; Mori K; Saitoh K ; et al. (2013)
Evolutionary changes of multiple visual pigment genes in the complete genome of Pacific bluefin tuna[...]
Green-sensitive opsin (RH2)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Gene Loss,
Deletion
N
Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis
(species) D
Sinocyclocheilus grahami
(species) D
Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous
(species) D
Interspecific
Candidate Gene
Yang J; Chen X; Bai J ; et al. (2016)
The Sinocyclocheilus cavefish genome provides insights into cave adaptation.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Gene Loss,
Deletion
N
Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis
(species) D
Sinocyclocheilus grahami
(species) D
Sinocyclocheilus rhinocerous
(species) D
Interspecific
Candidate Gene
Yang J; Chen X; Bai J ; et al. (2016)
The Sinocyclocheilus cavefish genome provides insights into cave adaptation.
Green-sensitive opsin (RH2)
Color vision
Gene Loss,
Deletion
N
Sinocyclocheilus anshuiensis
(species) D
Interspecific
Candidate Gene
Yang J; Chen X; Bai J ; et al. (2016)
The Sinocyclocheilus cavefish genome provides insights into cave adaptation.
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
Deletion
N
Mysticeti
baleen whales - (suborder) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Odontoceti
tooth whales - (suborder)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
Deletion
N
Balaenopteridae
rorquals - (family) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
Deletion
N
Kogia breviceps
pygmy sperm whale - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
Deletion
N
Physeter catodon
sperm whale - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
Insertion
N
Mesoplodon bidens
Sowerby's beaked whale - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Balaenidae
right whales - (family)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Physeteridae
sperm whales - (family)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
Deletion,
Sciurus carolinensis
gray squirrel - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Carvalho Ldos S; Cowing JA; Wilkie SE ; et al. (2006)
Shortwave visual sensitivity in tree and flying squirrels reflects changes in lifestyle.
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Melopsittacus undulatus
budgerigar - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Radlwimmer FB; Blow NS (2000)
Ultraviolet pigments in birds evolved from violet pigments by a single amino acid change.
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Rhea americana
greater rhea - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Odeen A; Hastad O (2003)
Complex distribution of avian color vision systems revealed by sequencing the SWS1 opsin from total [...]
2 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Larus
(genus) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Odeen A; Hastad O (2003)
Complex distribution of avian color vision systems revealed by sequencing the SWS1 opsin from total [...]
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Trogon curucui
(species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Odeen A; Hastad O (2003)
Complex distribution of avian color vision systems revealed by sequencing the SWS1 opsin from total [...]
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Taeniopygia guttata
zebra finch - (species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Radlwimmer FB; Blow NS (2000)
Ultraviolet pigments in birds evolved from violet pigments by a single amino acid change.
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
3 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Xenopus laevis
African clawed frog - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Takahashi Y; Yokoyama S (2005)
Genetic basis of spectral tuning in the violet-sensitive visual pigment of African clawed frog, Xeno[...]
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Squamata
squamates - (order) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Zhang H; Radlwimmer FB ; et al. (1999)
Adaptive evolution of color vision of the Comoran coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae).
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Macropodidae
(family)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Deeb SS; Wakefield MJ; Tada T ; et al. (2003)
The cone visual pigments of an Australian marsupial, the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii): sequence[...]
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Cavia porcellus
domestic guinea pig - (species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Parry JW; Poopalasundaram S; Bowmaker JK ; et al. (2004)
A novel amino acid substitution is responsible for spectral tuning in a rodent violet-sensitive visu[...]
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Sciurus carolinensis
gray squirrel - (species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Carvalho Ldos S; Cowing JA; Wilkie SE ; et al. (2006)
Shortwave visual sensitivity in tree and flying squirrels reflects changes in lifestyle.
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Aves
birds - (class) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Carvalho LS; Cowing JA; Wilkie SE ; et al. (2007)
The molecular evolution of avian ultraviolet- and violet-sensitive visual pigments.
1 Additional References
opsin - (SWS1)
Color vision
Coding,
Deletion
Lepidopus fitchi
(species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Tada T; Altun A; Yokoyama S (2009)
Evolutionary replacement of UV vision by violet vision in fish.
opsin - (SWS2)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Gasterosteus aculeatus
three-spined stickleback - (species)
Intraspecific
Candidate Gene
Marques DA; Taylor JS; Jones FC ; et al. (2017)
Convergent evolution of SWS2 opsin facilitates adaptive radiation of threespine stickleback into dif[...]
opsin - (SWS2)
Color vision
3 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Cottus gobio
bullhead - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Cowing JA; Poopalasundaram S; Wilkie SE ; et al. (2002)
Spectral tuning and evolution of short wave-sensitive cone pigments in cottoid fish from Lake Baikal[...]
opsin - (SWS2B)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Tramitichromis intermedius
(species)
Interspecific
Candidate Gene
O'Quin KE; Schulte JE; Patel Z ; et al. (2012)
Evolution of cichlid vision via trans-regulatory divergence.
Rx1
Color vision
Cis-regulatory,
Indel
Tramitichromis intermedius
(species)
Interspecific
Linkage Mapping
Schulte JE; O'Brien CS; Conte MA ; et al. (2014)
Interspecific variation in Rx1 expression controls opsin expression and causes visual system diversi[...]
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Neochromis greenwoodi
(species)
Interspecific
Candidate Gene
Terai Y; Seehausen O; Sasaki T ; et al. (2006)
Divergent selection on opsins drives incipient speciation in Lake Victoria cichlids.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
African cichlids
(no rank)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Sugawara T; Terai Y; Imai H ; et al. (2005)
Parallelism of amino acid changes at the RH1 affecting spectral sensitivity among deep-water cichlid[...]
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
3 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Pundamilia pundamilia
(species)
Intraspecific
Candidate Gene
Seehausen O; Terai Y; Magalhaes IS ; et al. (2008)
Speciation through sensory drive in cichlid fish.
opsin - rhodopsin (LWS)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Tursiops truncatus
bottlenose dolphin - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Fasick JI; Robsinson PR (1998)
Mechanism of spectral tuning in the dolphin visual pigments.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
3 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Tursiops truncatus
bottlenose dolphin - (species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Fasick JI; Robsinson PR (1998)
Mechanism of spectral tuning in the dolphin visual pigments.
2 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Elephantidae
elephants - (family)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Takenaka N; Agnew DW ; et al. (2005)
Elephants and human color-blind deuteranopes have identical sets of visual pigments.
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Cetacea
whales - (order)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Meredith RW; Gatesy J; Emerling CA ; et al. (2013)
Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins.
opsin - rhodopsin (MWS=duplicate of LWS)
Color vision
7 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Catarrhini
(parvorder)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Asenjo AB; Rim J; Oprian DD (1994)
Molecular determinants of human red/green color discrimination.
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
undetermined Cottoidei 'Lake Baikal'
(species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Hunt DM; Fitzgibbon J; Slobodyanyuk SJ ; et al. (1996)
Spectral tuning and molecular evolution of rod visual pigments in the species flock of cottoid fish [...]
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Megaderma lyra
Indian false vampire - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Sugawara T; Imai H; Nikaido M ; et al. (2010)
Vertebrate rhodopsin adaptation to dim light via rapid meta-II intermediate formation.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Sebastolobus altivelis
(species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Tada T; Yamato T (2007 Mar-Apr)
Modulation of the absorption maximum of rhodopsin by amino acids in the C-terminus.
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Latimeria menadoensis
Menado coelacanth - (species) D
Latimeria chalumnae
coelacanth - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Tada T (2000)
Adaptive evolution of the African and Indonesian coelacanths to deep-sea environments.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Flaveria trinervia
(species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Sugawara T; Imai H; Nikaido M ; et al. (2010)
Vertebrate rhodopsin adaptation to dim light via rapid meta-II intermediate formation.
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
2 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Orcinus orca
killer whale - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Dungan SZ; Kosyakov A; Chang BS (2016)
Spectral Tuning of Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Rhodopsin: Evidence for Positive Selection and Functi[...]
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1 (RH1)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Aristostomias scintillans
shiny loosejaw - (species)
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Tada T; Zhang H ; et al. (2008)
Elucidation of phenotypic adaptations: Molecular analyses of dim-light vision proteins in vertebrate[...]
1 Additional References
opsin - rhodopsin1-A (RH1-A)
Color vision
3 Mutations:
Coding,
SNP
Conger myriaster
whitespotted conger - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Tada T; Zhang H ; et al. (2008)
Elucidation of phenotypic adaptations: Molecular analyses of dim-light vision proteins in vertebrate[...]
opsin - rhodopsin1-B (RH1-B)
Color vision
Coding,
SNP
Anguilla japonica
Japanese eel - (species) D
Intergeneric or Higher
Candidate Gene
Yokoyama S; Takenaka N; Agnew DW ; et al. (2005)
Elephants and human color-blind deuteranopes have identical sets of visual pigments.
1 Additional References