Color Vision Variation as Evidenced by Hybrid L/M Opsin Genes in Wild Populations of Trichromatic Alouatta New World Monkeys

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-87

  Matsushita, Yuka ^a   Oota, Hiroki ^a,b   Welker, Barbara J ^c   Pavelka, Mary S ^d   Kawamura, Shoji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anomalous trichromacy; Color vision; Howlers; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893770375     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-013-9705-9     Document Type: Article

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