Variations in long- and middle-wavelength-sensitive opsin gene loci in crab-eating monkeys.
We analyzed variations in long (L)- and middle (M)-wavelength-sensitive opsin gene loci in crab-eating monkeys. Unlike humans, most monkeys have a single L and a single M gene. Two variant genotypes, one with only one opsin gene (dichromatic) and one with tandemly arrayed multiple genes, were also found in the monkeys. However, the frequency of the former was 0.47%, and that of the latter was 5% in the monkeys, while 2% and 66%, respectively, in Caucasian males. The two variants were found only in Java Island, Indonesia, and South Thailand, respectively. The data suggest that the frequency of each genotype is different among Old World primates.
Onishi
Akishi
A
Laboratory for Speciation Mechanisms I, National Institute for Basic Biology, 38, Nishigonaka, Myodaijicho, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Koike
Satoshi
S
Ida-Hosonuma
Miki
M
Imai
Hiroo
H
Shichida
Yoshinori
Y
Takenaka
Osamu
O
Hanazawa
Akitoshi
A
Komatsu
Hidehiko
H
Mikami
Akichika
A
Goto
Shunji
S
Suryobroto
Bambang
B
Farajallah
Achmad
A
Varavudhi
Puttipongse
P
Eakavhibata
Charal
C
Kitahara
Kenji
K
Yamamori
Tetsuo
T
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003118:Color Perception / Q000235:genetics*; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000662:veterinary*; D003434:Crossing Over, Genetic; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013045:Species Specificity
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017299:Rod Opsins