Search Results - "Cronin, Thomas W."

Photoreception and vision in the ultraviolet by Cronin, Thomas W, Bok, Michael J

“…Ultraviolet (UV) light occupies the spectral range of wavelengths slightly shorter than those visible to humans. Because of its shorter wavelength, it is more…”
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Shedding new light on opsin evolution by Porter, Megan L, Blasic, Joseph R, Bok, Michael J, Cameron, Evan G, Pringle, Thomas, Cronin, Thomas W, Robinson, Phyllis R

“…Opsin proteins are essential molecules in mediating the ability of animals to detect and use light for diverse biological functions. Therefore, understanding…”
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Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps by Daly, Ilse M., How, Martin J., Partridge, Julian C., Temple, Shelby E., Marshall, N. Justin, Cronin, Thomas W., Roberts, Nicholas W.

“…Gaze stabilization is an almost ubiquitous animal behaviour, one that is required to see the world clearly and without blur. Stomatopods, however, only fix…”
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Extraocular, Non-Visual, and Simple Photoreceptors: An Introduction to the Symposium by Cronin, Thomas W., Johnsen, Sönke

“…It has been recognized for decades that animals sense light using photoreceptors besides those that are devoted strictly to vision. However, the nature of…”
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Biological Sunscreens Tune Polychromatic Ultraviolet Vision in Mantis Shrimp by Bok, Michael J., Porter, Megan L., Place, Allen R., Cronin, Thomas W.

“…Stomatopod crustaceans, or mantis shrimp, are renowned for their complex visual systems. Their array of 16 types of photoreceptors provides complex color…”
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Spectral filtering enables trichromatic vision in colorful jumping spiders by Zurek, Daniel B., Cronin, Thomas W., Taylor, Lisa A., Byrne, Kevin, Sullivan, Mara L.G., Morehouse, Nathan I.

“…Jumping spiders (family Salticidae) are masters of miniature vision, achieving higher spatial resolution in relation to body size than any other animal [1]…”
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Variable light environments induce plastic spectral tuning by regional opsin coexpression in the African cichlid fish, Metriaclima zebra by Dalton, Brian E., Lu, Jessica, Leips, Jeff, Cronin, Thomas W., Carleton, Karen L.

“…Critical behaviours such as predation and mate choice often depend on vision. Visual systems are sensitive to the spectrum of light in their environment, which…”
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Bioinspired Polarization Imaging Sensors: From Circuits and Optics to Signal Processing Algorithms and Biomedical Applications by York, Timothy, Achilefu, Samuel, Lake, Spencer P., Raman, Baranidharan, Gruev, Viktor, Powell, Samuel B., Gao, Shengkui, Kahan, Lindsey, Charanya, Tauseef, Saha, Debajit, Roberts, Nicholas W., Cronin, Thomas W., Marshall, Justin

“…In this paper, we present recent work on bioinspired polarization imaging sensors and their applications in biomedicine. In particular, we focus on three…”
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Visual Optics: Accommodation in a Splash by Cronin, Thomas W.

“…Gannets are large seabirds that hunt fish from the air, making a plunge dive followed by active swimming pursuit of prey. A recent study shows that they…”
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Visual phototransduction components in cephalopod chromatophores suggest dermal photoreception by Kingston, Alexandra C N, Kuzirian, Alan M, Hanlon, Roger T, Cronin, Thomas W

“…Cephalopod mollusks are renowned for their colorful and dynamic body patterns, produced by an assemblage of skin components that interact with light. These may…”
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Cerebral photoreception in mantis shrimp by Donohue, Mary W., Cohen, Jonathan H., Cronin, Thomas W.

“…The currently unsurpassed diversity of photoreceptors found in the eyes of stomatopods, or mantis shrimps, is achieved through a variety of opsin-based visual…”
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The eyes have it: regulatory and structural changes both underlie cichlid visual pigment diversity by Hofmann, Christopher M, O'Quin, Kelly E, Marshall, N Justin, Cronin, Thomas W, Seehausen, Ole, Carleton, Karen L

“…A major goal of evolutionary biology is to unravel the molecular genetic mechanisms that underlie functional diversification and adaptation. We investigated…”
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The molecular basis of mechanisms underlying polarization vision by Roberts, Nicholas W., Porter, Megan L., Cronin, Thomas W.

“…The underlying mechanisms of polarization sensitivity (PS) have long remained elusive. For rhabdomeric photoreceptors, questions remain over the high levels of…”
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An Unexpected Diversity of Photoreceptor Classes in the Longfin Squid, Doryteuthis pealeii by Kingston, Alexandra C N, Wardill, Trevor J, Hanlon, Roger T, Cronin, Thomas W

“…Cephalopods are famous for their ability to change color and pattern rapidly for signaling and camouflage. They have keen eyes and remarkable vision, made…”
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Using phylogenetically-informed annotation (PIA) to search for light-interacting genes in transcriptomes from non-model organisms by Speiser, Daniel I, Pankey, M Sabrina, Zaharoff, Alexander K, Battelle, Barbara A, Bracken-Grissom, Heather D, Breinholt, Jesse W, Bybee, Seth M, Cronin, Thomas W, Garm, Anders, Lindgren, Annie R, Patel, Nipam H, Porter, Megan L, Protas, Meredith E, Rivera, Ajna S, Serb, Jeanne M, Zigler, Kirk S, Crandall, Keith A, Oakley, Todd H

“…Tools for high throughput sequencing and de novo assembly make the analysis of transcriptomes (i.e. the suite of genes expressed in a tissue) feasible for…”
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Photochemistry of retinal chromophore in mouse melanopsin by Walker, Marquis T, Brown, R. Lane, Cronin, Thomas W, Robinson, Phyllis R

“…In mammals, melanopsin is exclusively expressed in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), which play an important role in circadian…”
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The fish eye view: are cichlids conspicuous? by Dalton, Brian E, Cronin, Thomas W, Marshall, N Justin, Carleton, Karen L

“…The extent of animal colouration is determined by an interplay between natural and sexual selection. Both forces probably shape colouration in the speciose,…”
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Sensory Ecology: In Sea Snake Vision, One Plus One Makes Three by Cronin, Thomas W.

“…Snake genomes encode only two opsins for use in retinal cones, limiting their adaptive flexibility and color vision. Research now shows that, by using…”
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High levels of reflectivity and pointillist structural color in fish, cephalopods, and beetles by Roberts, Nicholas W, Marshall, N Justin, Cronin, Thomas W

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Mantis Shrimp Navigate Home Using Celestial and Idiothetic Path Integration by Patel, Rickesh N., Cronin, Thomas W.

“…Path integration is a robust mechanism that many animals employ to return to specific locations, typically their homes, during navigation. This efficient…”
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