Recent evolution of uniform trichromacy in a New World monkey

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3315-3320

  Kainz, Pamela M ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alouatta; Color vision; Evolution; Photopigment genes; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; COLOR VISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOTE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CEBIDAE; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 0031670522     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(98)00078-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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