Goulart, VDLR, Boubli, JP and Young, RJ 2017, 'Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae' , Scientific Reports, 7 (7737) .
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Abstract
New World primates feature a complex colour vision system. Most species have polymorphic colour vision where males have a dichromatic colour perception and females can be either ichromatic or trichromatic. The adaptive value of high allelic diversity of opsins, a light sensitive protein, found in primates’ eyes remains unknown. Studies revealing the allelic diversity are important as they shed light on our understanding of the adaptive value of differences in the colouration of species and their ecologies. Here we investigate the allelic types found in Pitheciidae, an understudied New World primate family, revealing the diversity of medium/long wavelength sensitive opsins both in cryptic and conspicuous species of this primate family. We found five alleles in Cacajao, six in Callicebinae (i.e. Plecturocebus, Cheracebus, and Callicebus), four in Chiropotes, and three in Pithecia, some of them reported for the first time. Both cryptic and conspicuous species in this group presented high allelic diversity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Schools: | Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Scientific Reports |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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| Funders: | Science without Borders |
| Depositing User: | Professor Robert Young |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2017 07:50 |
| Last Modified: | 08 May 2019 15:32 |
| URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/43509 |
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