%0 Journal Article
%A Bunce, John Andrew
%A Isbell, L. A.
%A Neitz, M.
%A Bonci, D.
%A Surridge, A. K.
%A Jacobs, G. H.
%A Smiths, D. G.
%+ External Organizations
%T Characterization of opsin gene alleles affecting color vision in a wild population of titi monkeys (Callicebus brunneus) : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-E768-B
%R 10.1002/ajp.20890
%7 2010-10
%D 2011
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X The color vision of most platyrrhine primates is determined by alleles at the polymorphic X-linked locus coding for the opsin responsible for the middle- to long-wavelength (M/L) cone photopigment. Females who are heterozygous at the locus have trichromatic vision, whereas homozygous females and all males are dichromatic. This study characterized the opsin alleles in a wild population of the socially monogamous platyrrhine monkey Callicebus brunneus (the brown titi monkey), a primate that an earlier study suggests may possess an unusual number of alleles at this locus and thus may be a subject of special interest in the study of primate color vision. Direct sequencing of regions of the M/L opsin gene using feces-, blood-, and saliva-derived DNA obtained from 14 individuals yielded evidence for the presence of three functionally distinct alleles, corresponding to the most common M/L photopigment variants inferred from a physiological study of cone spectral sensitivity in captive Callicebus. Am. J. Primatol. 73:189–196, 2011. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
%J American Journal of Primatology
%O Am. J. Primatol.
%V 73
%N 2
%& 189
%P 189 - 196 
%I A.R. Liss
%C New York, NY
%@ 0275-2565