Recent evolution of uniform trichromacy in a New World monkey

Until recently, New World primates were found to have a single M/L photopigment gene on the X-chromosome. This arrangement limits males to dichromatic, or monochromatic color vision. Only females who were heterozygous for the M/L gene were trichromatic. Recently, an exception has been discovered. Ma...

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Veröffentlicht in:Vision research (Oxford) 1998-11, Vol.38 (21), p.3315-3320
Hauptverfasser: Kainz, Pamela M, Neitz, Jay, Neitz, Maureen
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