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Diversity in Primate External Eye Morphology: Previously Undescribed Traits and Their Potential Adaptive Value

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Comparative examinations of external eye morphology in primates initially focused on communicative functions of the eye. Subsequent work has failed to find consistent associations between specific eye morphologies and communicative functions. In this article, we review the field of primate external eye morphology and inspect publicly available and unpublished photographs. We identify and describe five commonly occurring traits that have not received attention so far. We cross-examined the clinical and psychological literature to propose potential adaptive functions. These potential adaptive functions include communicative functions, but also photoregulatory functions and photoprotective functions.

Source: Symmetry

DOI: 10.3390/sym13071270

Authors: Juan Olvido Perea-García, Dariusz P. Danel, Antónia Monteiro

Institutions: National University of Singapore, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Yale-NUS College

Language: English

Topic: Primate Behavior and Ecology

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,944

Funder: National Research Foundation Singapore