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Novel opsin gene variation in large-bodied, diurnal lemurs.
Jacobs, Rachel L; MacFie, Tammie S; Spriggs, Amanda N; Baden, Andrea L; Morelli, Toni Lyn; Irwin, Mitchell T; Lawler, Richard R; Pastorini, Jennifer; Mayor, Mireya; Lei, Runhua; Culligan, Ryan; Hawkins, Melissa T R; Kappeler, Peter M; Wright, Patricia C; Louis, Edward E; Mundy, Nicholas I; Bradley, Brenda J.
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  • Jacobs RL; Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA rachel_jacobs@gwu.edu rlynjacobs@gmail.com.
  • MacFie TS; Centre ValBio Research Station, Ranomafana, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
  • Spriggs AN; Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
  • Baden AL; Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, Department of Anthropology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
  • Morelli TL; Department of Anthropology, University at Albany-SUNY, Albany, NY 12222, USA.
  • Irwin MT; Centre ValBio Research Station, Ranomafana, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
  • Lawler RR; Department of Anthropology, Hunter College-CUNY, and The New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP), New York, NY 10065, USA.
  • Pastorini J; Centre ValBio Research Station, Ranomafana, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
  • Mayor M; Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
  • Lei R; Department of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, USA.
  • Culligan R; Department of Sociology and Anthropology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA.
  • Hawkins MT; Anthropologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
  • Kappeler PM; Centre ValBio Research Station, Ranomafana, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
  • Wright PC; Conservation Genetics Department, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, NE 68107, USA.
  • Louis EE; Conservation Genetics Department, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, NE 68107, USA.
  • Mundy NI; Conservation Genetics Department, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, NE 68107, USA.
  • Bradley BJ; Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, Göttingen 37077, Germany.
Biol Lett ; 13(3)2017 Mar.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28275167
Some primate populations include both trichromatic and dichromatic (red-green colour blind) individuals due to allelic variation at the X-linked opsin locus. This polymorphic trichromacy is well described in day-active New World monkeys. Less is known about colour vision in Malagasy lemurs, but, unlike New World monkeys, only some day-active lemurs are polymorphic, while others are dichromatic. The evolutionary pressures underlying these differences in lemurs are unknown, but aspects of species ecology, including variation in activity pattern, are hypothesized to play a role. Limited data on X-linked opsin variation in lemurs make such hypotheses difficult to evaluate. We provide the first detailed examination of X-linked opsin variation across a lemur clade (Indriidae). We sequenced the X-linked opsin in the most strictly diurnal and largest extant lemur, Indri indri, and nine species of smaller, generally diurnal indriids (Propithecus). Although nocturnal Avahi (sister taxon to Propithecus) lacks a polymorphism, at least eight species of diurnal indriids have two or more X-linked opsin alleles. Four rainforest-living taxa-I. indri and the three largest Propithecus species-have alleles not previously documented in lemurs. Moreover, we identified at least three opsin alleles in Indri with peak spectral sensitivities similar to some New World monkeys.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Strepsirhini / Opsinas / Visión de Colores Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Biol Lett Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Strepsirhini / Opsinas / Visión de Colores Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: Biol Lett Asunto de la revista: BIOLOGIA Año: 2017 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Reino Unido