Opsin gene polymorphism predicts trichromacy in a cathemeral lemur

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-90

  Veilleux, Carrie C ^a   Bolnick, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathemerality; Color vision; Eulemur macaco flavifrons; Opsin genes; Primate evolution; Strepsirrhines

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ALLELE; ANCESTRY; CLADISTICS; COLOR; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; VISION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE COLOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; RETINA CONE;

ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE COLOR; OPSINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETINAL CONE PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; STREPSIRHINI;

EULEMUR; EULEMUR MACACO; EULEMUR MACACO FLAVIFRONS; INDRIDAE; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS COQUERELI; STREPSIRHINI; VARECIA; VARECIA VARIEGATA;

EID: 58249101149     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20621     Document Type: Article

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