Expression of visual opsins in the retina of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) during smoltification

• Main Author: Viken, Eirik Næss
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Bergen 2022
• Subjects: sws1-sws2 transformation; topographic distribution; retinal alterations; retina; Atlantic salmon; cones; opsins; sws1; rhodopsin; lws; sws2; photoreceptors; rods; rh2; in situ hybridization; smoltification; 751999; Cones The; Cones, The; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/22927

Abstract: The visual system of Atlantic salmon is highly adapted to their migratory and dynamic life-history, where the profound transformational process of smoltification is crucial. The retina contain both rod- and cone photoreceptors that express specific classes of opsins. Rhodopsin expressed in...