Detection of Fruit and the Selection of Primate Visual Pigments for Color Vision
@article{Osorio2004DetectionOF, title={Detection of Fruit and the Selection of Primate Visual Pigments for Color Vision}, author={Daniel C. Osorio and A C Smith and Misha Vorobyev and Hannah M Buchanan-Smith}, journal={The American Naturalist}, year={2004}, volume={164}, pages={696 - 708} }
Primates have X chromosome genes for cone photopigments with sensitivity maxima from 535 to 562 nm. Old World monkeys and apes (catarrhines) and the New World (platyrrhine) genus Alouatta have separate genes for 535‐nm (medium wavelength; M) and 562‐nm (long wavelength; L) pigments. These pigments, together with a 425‐nm (short wavelength) pigment, permit trichromatic color vision. Other platyrrhines and prosimians have a single X chromosome gene but often with alleles for two or three M/L…
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