Molecular genetics of spectral tuning in New World monkey color vision

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 697-702

  Shyue, Song Kun ^a,f   Boissinot, Stéphane ^a   Schneider, Horacio ^b   Sampaio, Iracilda ^b   Schneider, Maria Paula ^b   Abee, C R ^c   Williams, Lawrence ^c   Hewett Emmett, David ^a   Sperling, Harry G ^d   Cowing, Jill A ^e   Dulai, Kanwaljit S ^e   Hunt, David M ^e   Li, Wen Hsiung ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid change; Color vision; New World monkeys; Photopigments; Spectral tuning

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; EXON; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SAGUINUS; SAIMIRI; X CHROMOSOME;

MARMOSETS; PLATYRRHINI; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 15444355585     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006350     Document Type: Article

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