Diversity and Evolution of Frog Visual Opsins: Spectral Tuning and Adaptation to Distinct Light Environments
Most Cited Paper
in Amphibian and Reptile Biology
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Diversity and Evolution of Frog Visual Opsins: Spectral Tuning and Adaptation to Distinct Light Environments”
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visual opsins · spectral tuning · spectral sensitivity · retinal photoreceptors · visual pigments · gene duplication and loss · differential expression · coexpression · sequence evolution · eye transcriptomes · positive selection · selective pressures · habitat-associated shifts · life history adaptation · microspectrophotometry · Spectral tuning sites · Biphasic life history · photoreceptor physiology · vertebrate visual evolution · frog visual system diversity
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Amphibian and Reptile Biology Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/amphibian-and-reptile-biology/2026. Accessed 2026-07-22. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459