Gene conversion and purifying selection shape nucleotide variation in gibbon L/M opsin genes
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Routine trichromatic color vision is a characteristic feature of catarrhines (humans, apes and Old World monkeys). This is enabled by L and M opsin genes arrayed on the X chromosome and an autosomal S opsin gene. In non-human catarrh...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-10-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/11/312 |