Behavioural evidence of sex-linked colour vision polymorphism in the squirrel monkey Saimiri ustus

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-184

  Prado, Carolina C ^a   Pessoa, Daniel M A ^b   Sousa, Flavio Luis L ^a   Pessoa, Valdir F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colour discrimination; Dichromatism; Human colour blindness; Munsell colour system; Sex differences; Trichromatism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SAIMIRI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CEBIDAE; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI USTUS;

EID: 42649127716     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113537     Document Type: Article

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