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Dichromatism in macaque monkeys

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  • Akishi Onishi

    (Laboratory for Speciation Mechanisms I, National Institute for Basic Biology
    Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

  • Satoshi Koike

    (Laboratory for Speciation Mechanisms I, National Institute for Basic Biology
    Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience)

  • Miki Ida

    (Laboratory for Speciation Mechanisms I, National Institute for Basic Biology
    Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience)

  • Hiroo Imai

    (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

  • Yoshinori Shichida

    (Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)

  • Osamu Takenaka

    (Primate Research Institute)

  • Akitoshi Hanazawa

    (Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institute for Physiological Sciences)

  • Hidehiko Konatsu

    (Laboratory of Neural Control, National Institute for Physiological Sciences)

  • Akichika Mikami

    (Behavioural and Brain Sciences, Primate Research Institute)

  • Shunji Goto

    (Center for Applied Primatology and Human Evolutionary Modelling Research, Primate Research Institute)

  • Bambang Suryobrotoq

    (Bogor Agricultural University)

  • Kenji Kitahara

    (Jikei University School of Medicine)

  • Tetsuo Yamamori

    (Laboratory for Speciation Mechanisms I, National Institute for Basic Biology)

Abstract

Old World primates have trichromatic vision because they have three types of cone photoreceptor, each of which is maximally sensitive to short, middle or long wavelengths of light1. Although a proportion of human males (about 8% of caucasians, for example) have X-chromosome-linked colour-vision abnormalities2, no non-human Old World primates have been found to be colour-vision defective3,4. We have tested 3,153 macaque monkeys but found only three dichromats, a frequency that is much lower than in humans.

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  • Akishi Onishi & Satoshi Koike & Miki Ida & Hiroo Imai & Yoshinori Shichida & Osamu Takenaka & Akitoshi Hanazawa & Hidehiko Konatsu & Akichika Mikami & Shunji Goto & Bambang Suryobrotoq & Kenji Kitahar, 1999. "Dichromatism in macaque monkeys," Nature, Nature, vol. 402(6758), pages 139-140, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:402:y:1999:i:6758:d:10.1038_45966
    DOI: 10.1038/45966
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