library_construction_protocol: Pituitaries from sighted FVB males and females (FVB.129P2‐Pde6b+Tyrc‐ch/Ant, The Jackson Laboratory) were collected and placed into DBPS with RNase inhibitor to be stored at -20 degrees C. Libraries for RNAseq were prepared using the TruSeq Stranded Total RNA Library Prep Gold kit (Illumina Inc) according to the supplier's protocol.