Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae

Goulart, VDLR, Boubli, JP ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5833-9264 and Young, RJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8407-2348 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
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
Related URLs:	Publication
Funders:	Science without Borders
Depositing User:	Professor Robert Young
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2017 07:50
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 22:20
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/43509

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