Duplicate gene and its parental copy can subfunctionalize so that each carries out only some of the roles that the ancestral gene performed. 

Ex- a duplicate of the β-hemoglobin locus is expressed in the fetus. 

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G protein coupled receptor contains seven membrane-spanning α helices & heterotrimeric G protein.

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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor is coupled to a Gαi protein.

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Rod cells sense light via light-sensitive GPCR known as Rhodopsin.

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The heterotrimeric G protein coupled to rhodopsin, called Transducin.

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On absorption of a photon, the retinal moiety of rhodopsin is immediately converted into 11-cis-retinal to the all-trans retinal.

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Rapid Termination of the Rhodopsin Signal Transduction Pathway Rhodopsin kinase & Arrestin.