Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae

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 dichromatic or trichromatic. The adaptive value of high allelic diversity of opsins, a light sensitive protein, f...

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Autores principales:	Vinicius D. L. R. Goulart, Jean P. Boubli, Robert J. Young
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7bf18f8f50f24c2a9d9bc60b915b82782021-12-02T16:06:39ZMedium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae10.1038/s41598-017-08143-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/7bf18f8f50f24c2a9d9bc60b915b82782017-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract 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 dichromatic 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.Vinicius D. L. R. GoulartJean P. BoubliRobert J. YoungNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
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description	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 dichromatic 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.
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author	Vinicius D. L. R. Goulart Jean P. Boubli Robert J. Young
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title	Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
title_short	Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
title_full	Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
title_fullStr	Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
title_full_unstemmed	Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae
title_sort	medium/long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in pitheciidae
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/7bf18f8f50f24c2a9d9bc60b915b8278
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Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae

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