Characterization of opsin gene alleles affecting color vision in a wild population of titi monkeys (Callicebus brunneus)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-196

  Bunce, John A ^a   Isbell, Lynne A ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^b,f   Bonci, Daniela ^c   Surridge, Alison K ^d,g   Jacobs, Gerald H ^e   Smith, David Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Callicebus; Color vision; Noninvasive DNA sampling; Opsin gene polymorphism; Platyrrhine primates; Trichromacy

Indexed keywords

OPSIN;

ALLELE; BLOOD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COLOR; FECES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; SALIVA; SAMPLING; VISION; WAVELENGTH; WILD POPULATION;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOR VISION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE; X CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPSINS; PERU; PITHECIIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME;

CALLICEBUS; CALLICEBUS BRUNNEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 78650248650     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20890     Document Type: Article

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