Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: E-4 The genetic basis of blue eyes in primatesMolly PrzeworskiWynn MeyerUniversity of Chicago᪩ᕝ⚈Ꮚ Sidi ZhangSpringer Japan ᡤෆᑐᛂ͵ᜨၨႍ How many distinct molecular paths lead to the same phenotype?One approach to this question has been to examine the genetic basis of convergent traits, which likely evolved repeatedly under a shared selective pressure.We investigated the convergent phenotype of blue iris pigmentation, which has arisen independently in four primate lineages: humans, blue-eyed black lemurs, Japanese macaques, and spider monkeys.Characterizing the phenotype across these species, we found that the variation within the blue-eyed subsets of each species occupies strongly overlapping regions of CIE L*a*b* color space.Yet whereas Japanese macaques
Language: Japanese
Subfield: Immunology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2551664079
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