Adaptation and conservation of turtle visual opsins over a deep phylogenetic divergence
Taegan JM Perez, Golnar Jalilvand, Wali Mir, Angela Adjei, Belinda Chang, Rayna C Bell, Ryan K Schott
This study investigates visual opsin evolution in turtles using transcriptomic and genomic data from 59 species, revealing conserved sequences and habitat-driven selective pressures.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2026 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology