Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9348507 | Vision Research | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
We determined the structures of long (L)-wavelength-sensitive and middle (M)-wavelength-sensitive opsin gene array of 58 male chimpanzees and we investigated relative sensitivity to red and green lights by electroretinogram flicker photometry. One subject had protanomalous color vision, while others had normal color vision. Unlike in humans, a polymorphic difference in the copy number of the genes and a polymorphic base substitution at amino acid position 180 were not frequently observed in chimpanzees.
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Authors
Kenichi Terao, Akichika Mikami, Atsuko Saito, Shin-ichi Itoh, Hisashi Ogawa, Osamu Takenaka, Takahiro Sakai, Akishi Onishi, Migaku Teramoto, Toshifumi Udono, Yoshiko Emi, Hisao Kobayashi, Hiroo Imai, Yoshinori Shichida, Satoshi Koike,