Polymorphic color vision in captive Uta Hick's cuxiús, or bearded sakis (Chiropotes utahickae)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-75

  de Lima, Eldianne Moreira ^a   Pessoa, Daniel Marques Almeida ^b   Sena, Leonardo ^c   de Melo, Aline Grasielle Costa ^c   de Castro, Paulo Henrique Gomes ^d   Oliveira Mendes, Ana Cristina ^c   Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz ^c   Pessoa, Valdir Filgueiras ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Discrimination; Genotyping; Munsell color system; Pitheciines

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CACAJAO; CHIROPOTES; PITHECIA; PRIMATES; UTA;

CONE OPSIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PITHECIIDAE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION; CONE OPSINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; PITHECIIDAE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84919859437     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22311     Document Type: Article

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