Inferred L/M cone opsin polymorphism of ancestral tarsiers sheds dim light on the origin of anthropoid primates

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1759, 2013, Pages

  Melin, Amanda D ^a,b   Matsushita, Yuka ^b   Moritz, Gillian L ^a   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Kawamura, Shoji ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Nocturnality; Opsin polymorphism; Tarsius; Trichromatic colour vision

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; EOCENE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878253470     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0189     Document Type: Article

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