Lamb, Trevor2015-12-131350-9462http://hdl.handle.net/1885/84715Evidence is reviewed from a wide range of studies relevant to the evolution of vertebrate photoreceptors and phototransduction, in order to permit the synthesis of a scenario for the major steps that occurred during the evolution of cones, rods and the vehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/Keywords: cone opsin; cyclic nucleotide gated channel; opsin; phosphodiesterase VI; retina S antigen; rhodopsin; scotopsin; Branchiostoma; cell differentiation; cyclostome; extraocular muscle; eye development; genome; hagfish; human; karyotype; light adaptation; no Evolution; Opsins; Photoreceptors; Phototransduction; Retina201310.1016/j.preteyeres.2013.06.0012016-02-24Creative Commons license - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)