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XB-ART-40982
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2010 Mar 01;2933:383-7. doi: 10.1002/ar.21079.
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Photoreceptor development in premetamorphic and metamorphic Xenopus laevis.

Parker RO , Mccarragher B , Crouch R , Darden AG .


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Transgenic Xenopus laevis are commonly used to study gene expression in photoreceptors, but only red rods and red cones are known to exist in the pre-metamorphic stages commonly used in transgenic studies. Using RT-PCR, this study shows that violet cones develop in early pre-metamorphic stages (Stage 35) with the red rods and red cones. Green rod development began in Stage 53 with the onset of metamorphosis.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: opn1lw opn1sw opn1sw2 rho