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Demonstration of a genotype-phenotype correlation in the polymorphic color vision of a non-callitrichine New World monkey, capuchin (Cebus apella).
American journal of primatology - 1 Dec 2005
Saito Atsuko, Kawamura Shoji, Mikami Akichika, Ueno Yoshikazu, Hiramatsu Chihiro, Koida Kowa, Fujita Kazuo, Kuroshima Hika, Hasegawa Toshikazu
Abstract excerpt
Color-vision polymorphism in New World monkeys occurs because of an allelic polymorphism of the single-copy red-green middle-to-long-wavelength-sensitive (M/LWS) opsin gene on the X chromosome. Because color-vision types can readily be estimated from allelic types of the M/LWS opsin gene, this polymorphic system offers researchers an excellent opportunity to study the association between vision and behavior. As a...
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