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Adaptive evolution of color vision genes in higher primates.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Sept 1995
Shyue S K, Hewett-Emmett D, Sperling H G, Hunt D M, Bowmaker J K, Mollon J D, Li W H
Abstract excerpt
The intron 4 sequences of the three polymorphic alleles at the X-linked color photo-pigment locus in the squirrel monkey and the marmoset reveal that the alleles in each species are exceptionally divergent. The data further suggest either that each triallelic system has arisen independently in these two New World monkey lineages, or that in each species at least seven deletions and insertions (14 in the two...
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