Non-random association of opsin alleles in wild groups of red-bellied tamarins (Saguinus labiatus) and maintenance of the colour vision polymorphism

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 465-468

  Surridge, Alison K ^a   Suárez, Sandra S ^b   Buchanan Smith, Hannah M ^c   Mundy, Nicholas I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour vision; Heterozygote advantage; Inbreeding avoidance; Opsin; Polymorphism; Tamarin

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL SOCIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAGUINUS LABIATUS; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS IMPERATOR; SAGUINUS LABIATUS;

EID: 29144514324     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0367     Document Type: Article

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