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Wayne Davies
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6K och 6L, Sjukhusområdet
Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
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2025
Opposing expression pattern of opsin 3 and opsin 5 in the developing and adult nasal epithelium
Chemical Senses
, Oxford University Press 2025, Vol. 50
Karthikeyan, Ramanujam; Hägglund, Anna-Carin; Bengtsson, Ebba; et al.
2024
Development of the pancreas
Kaufman's atlas of mouse development supplement: with coronal sections
, Academic Press 2024 : 289-321
Davies, Wayne I. L.; Hörnblad, Andreas; Hahn, Max; et al.
2024
Illuminating the complete ß-cell mass of the human pancreas - signifying a new view on the islets of Langerhans
Nature Communications
, Springer Nature 2024, Vol. 15, (1)
Lehrstrand, Joakim; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Hahn, Max; et al.
2023
Non-image-forming functional roles of OPN3, OPN4 and OPN5 photopigments
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology
, Elsevier 2023, Vol. 15
Karthikeyan, Ramanujam; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Gunhaga, Lena
2022
An EvoDevo Study of Salmonid Visual Opsin Dynamics and Photopigment Spectral Sensitivity
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2022, Vol. 16
Eilertsen, Mariann; Davies, Wayne Iwan Lee; Patel, Dharmeshkumar; et al.
2022
Photoreception and transcriptomic response to light during early development of a teleost with a life cycle tightly controlled by seasonal changes in photoperiod
PLOS Genetics
, Public Library of Science 2022, Vol. 18, (12)
Eilertsen, Mariann; Dolan, David W.P.; Bolton, Charlotte M.; et al.
2022
Enhanced short-wavelength sensitivity in the blue-tongued skink Tiliqua rugosa
Journal of Experimental Biology
, The Company of Biologists 2022, Vol. 225, (11)
Nagloo, Nicolas; Mountford, Jessica K.; Gundry, Ben J.; et al.
2021
Chick fetal organ spheroids as a model to study development and disease
BMC Molecular and Cell Biology
, BioMed Central (BMC) 2021, Vol. 22, (1)
Dakhel, Soran; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Joseph, Justin V.; et al.
2021
Distinct opsin 3 (Opn3) expression in the developing nervous system during mammalian embryogenesis
eNeuro
, Society for Neuroscience 2021, Vol. 8, (5)
Davies, Wayne I. L.; Sghari, Soufien; Upton, Brian A.; et al.
2021
Chimeric human opsins as optogenetic light sensitisers
Journal of Experimental Biology
, Cambridge: Company of Biologists LTD 2021, Vol. 224, (14)
Hickey, Doron G.; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Hughes, Steven; et al.
2021
Not just shades of grey: Life is full of colour for the ocellate river stingray (Potamotrygon motoro)
Journal of Experimental Biology
, The Company of Biologists 2021, Vol. 224, (9)
Schluessel, Vera; Rick, Ingolf P.; Seifert, Friederike Donata; et al.
2021
Visual opsin expression and morphological characterization of retinal photoreceptors in the pouched lamprey (Geotria australis, Gray)
Journal of Comparative Neurology
, John Wiley & Sons 2021, Vol. 529, (9) : 2265-2282
Warrington, Rachael E.; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Hemmi, Jan M.; et al.
2020
Editorial: Biodiversity of Sensory Systems in Aquatic Vertebrates
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2020, Vol. 8
Collin, Shaun P.; Davies, Wayne I. L.
2020
Visual Opsin Diversity in Sharks and Rays
Molecular biology and evolution
, Oxford University Press 2020, Vol. 37, (3) : 811-827
Hart, Nathan S.; Lamb, Trevor D.; Patel, Hardip R.; et al.
2020
Short-wavelength-sensitive 2 (Sws2) visual photopigment models combined with atomistic molecular simulations to predict spectral peaks of absorbance
PloS Computational Biology
, Public Library Science 2020, Vol. 16, (10)
Patel, Dharmeshkumar; Barnes, Jonathan E.; Davies, Wayne I. L.; et al.
2020
Elucidation of Cellular Mechanisms That Regulate the Sustained Contraction and Relaxation of the Mammalian Iris
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
, Rockville: Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2020, Vol. 61, (11)
Sghari, Soufien; Davies, Wayne I. L.; Gunhaga, Lena
2019
The Diversity and Adaptive Evolution of Visual Photopigments in Reptiles
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 7
Katti, Christiana; Stacey-Solis, Micaela; Anahí Coronel-Rojas, Nicole; et al.
2019
The Evolution of Amphibian Photoreception
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
, Frontiers Media S.A. 2019, Vol. 7
Mohun, Samantha Mila; Davies, Wayne Iwan Lee
2019
Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes
Science
, Washington: American Association of Advanced Science 2019, Vol. 364, (6440) : 588-+
Musilova, Zuzana; Cortesi, Fabio; Matschiner, Michael; et al.
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