Coleoid cephalopods (octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes) are the only branch of the animal
kingdom outside of vertebrates to have evolved both a large brain and camera-type eyes …

Across eumetazoans, the ability to perceive and respond to visual stimuli is largely mediated
by opsins, a family of proteins belonging to the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) …

Although the camera-type eyes of cephalopods and vertebrates are a canonical example of
convergent morphological evolution, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this …

Opsins are G-coupled receptors playing a key role in metazoan visual processes. While
many studies enriched our understanding of opsin diversity in several animal clades, the …

The paper nautilus or greater argonaut, Argonauta argo, is a species of octopods which is
characterized by its pelagic lifestyle and by the presence of a protective spiral-shaped shell …

The relationship between genotype and phenotype is non-trivial because of the often
complex molecular pathways that make it difficult to unambiguously relate phenotypes to …

Although the egg capsule plays a crucial role in the embryonic development of
cephalopods, its ability to protect embryos from Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is unknown. Our …

The eyes of squids, octopuses, and cuttlefish are a textbook example for evolutionary
convergence, due to their striking similarity to those of vertebrates. For this reason, studies …

To investigate the impact of different light qualities (red, blue, green, yellow, and white light)
on the embryonic development of Sepia pharaonis, this experiment studied the effects of …

The paper nautilus, Argonauta argo, also known as the greater argonaut, is a species of
octopods distinctly characterized by its pelagic lifestyle and by the presence of a spiral …