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Variations in long- and middle-wavelength-sensitive opsin gene loci in crab-eating monkeys.
Vision research - 1 Feb 2002
Onishi Akishi, Koike Satoshi, Ida-Hosonuma Miki, Imai Hiroo, Shichida Yoshinori, Takenaka Osamu, Hanazawa Akitoshi, Komatsu Hidehiko, Mikami Akichika, Goto Shunji, Suryobroto Bambang, Farajallah Achmad, Varavudhi Puttipongse, Eakavhibata Charal, Kitahara Kenji, Yamamori Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed variations in long (L)- and middle (M)-wavelength-sensitive opsin gene loci in crab-eating monkeys. Unlike humans, most monkeys have a single L and a single M gene. Two variant genotypes, one with only one opsin gene (dichromatic) and one with tandemly arrayed multiple genes, were also found in the monkeys. However, the frequency of the former was 0.47%, and that of the latter was 5% in the monkeys,...
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