Colour Vision in New World Monkeys and the Single-Locus X-Chromosome Theory
作者:
Martin J. Tovée,
期刊:
Brain, Behavior and Evolution
(Karger Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 42,
issue 2
页码: 116-127
ISSN:0006-8977
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1159/000114144
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Colour vision;Visual pigments;Cones;Polymorphism;Sex differences
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
The single-locus X-chromosome theory was proposed to explain the unique intra- and inter-species variation in the colour vision found in New World monkeys. The colour vision of only five species of these monkeys has been studied in any detail, and although this data does show some minor deviations from the theory, it is generally consistent with the theory. It has been suggested that the colour vision of New World monkeys may represent an intermediate stage in between the dichromatic colour vision of non-primate mammals and the uniform trichromacy of Old World primates. Alternatively, the colour vision system of New World monkeys may represent a method of obtaining the maximum variation in the colour vision of closely related family groups.
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