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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| author | Vinicius D. L. R. Goulart Jean P. Boubli Robert J. Young |
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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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| spelling | doaj.art-7bf18f8f50f24c2a9d9bc60b915b82782022-12-21T20:36:18ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222017-08-01711710.1038/s41598-017-08143-2Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in PitheciidaeVinicius D. L. R. Goulart0Jean P. Boubli1Robert J. Young2CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of BrazilSchool of Environment and Life Sciences, Peel Building, University of Salford ManchesterSchool of Environment and Life Sciences, Peel Building, University of Salford ManchesterAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2 |
| spellingShingle | Vinicius D. L. R. Goulart Jean P. Boubli Robert J. Young Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae Scientific Reports |
| title | 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_short | Medium/Long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in Pitheciidae |
| title_sort | medium long wavelength sensitive opsin diversity in pitheciidae |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08143-2 |
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