Did trichromatic color vision and red hair color coevolve in primates?

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 740-751

  Kamilar, Jason M ^a,b   Heesy, Christopher P ^a   Bradley, Brenda J ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camouflage; Coat color; Coloration; Opsin; Pelage; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY MASS; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; DIMORPHISM; ORNAMENTATION; PELAGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PIGMENT; PRIMATE; PROTEIN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HAIR; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HAIR; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMATES;

EID: 84877924152     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22099     Document Type: Article

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