Genetic Evidence for the Coexistence of Pheromone Perception and Full Trichromatic Vision in Howler Monkeys

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-704

  Webb, David M ^a   Cortés Ortiz, Liliana ^b   Zhang, Jianzhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Color vision; Howler monkey; Pheromone; Primate; TRP2

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HOWLER MONKEY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCEPTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; VISION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALOUATTA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SMELL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ALOUATTA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; HOMO; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842452863     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msh068     Document Type: Article

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