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Briscoe, Adriana D. |
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University of California, Irvine |
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Evolutionary Biology |
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Dr. Briscoe's research seeks to understand the molecular, physiological, ecological, and evolutionary mechanisms underlying color vision behavior in butterflies. These studies involve the identification, characterization, and localization of photoreceptor proteins in the eyes of non-model systems, and have led to the discovery of a sex-linked UV opsin gene. The genomic mechanisms by which genes duplicate and become sex-limited is currently under study. Color vision mediates ecological interactions between butterflies, host plants, predators, and the environment in the context of mimicry and species recognition and is shaped by the action of both natural and sexual selection. |
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