Article
Characterization of opsin gene alleles affecting color vision in a wild population of titi monkeys (Callicebus brunneus).
American journal of primatology - 1 Feb 2011
Bunce John A, Isbell Lynne A, Neitz Maureen, Bonci Daniela, Surridge Alison K, Jacobs Gerald H, Smith David Glenn
Abstract excerpt
The color vision of most platyrrhine primates is determined by alleles at the polymorphic X-linked locus coding for the opsin responsible for the middle- to long-wavelength (M/L) cone photopigment. Females who are heterozygous at the locus have trichromatic vision, whereas homozygous females and all males are dichromatic. This study characterized the opsin alleles in a wild population of the socially monogamous...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Color Vision
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Opsins
- Peru
- Pitheciidae
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Sequence Analysis, DNA