Molecular evolution of trichromacy in primates

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3299-3306

  Hunt, David M ^a   Dulai, Kanwaljit S ^a   Cowing, Jill A ^a   Julliot, Catherine ^b   Mollon, John D ^b   Bowmaker, James K ^a   Li, Wen Hsiung ^c   Hewett Emmett, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution; Primates; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSSING OVER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ALOUATTA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CEBUS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; HUMANS; OPSIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0031669771     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00443-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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