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Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae

Goulart, VDLR; Boubli, JP; Young, RJ

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VDLR Goulart



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.

Citation

Goulart, V., Boubli, J., & Young, R. (2017). Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae. Scientific reports, 7(7737), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 5, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 10, 2017
Publication Date Aug 10, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 11, 2017
Journal Scientific Reports
Print ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Volume 7
Issue 7737
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2
Related Public URLs http://www.nature.com/srep/
Additional Information Projects : Polymorphic colour vision in new world primates

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