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Comparação de dois procedimentos computadorizados para avaliação de discriminação de cores em Cebus sp
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2009-11) MAKIAMA, Sheila Tetsume; GOULART, Paulo Roney Kilpp; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7800966999068746; GALVÃO, Olavo de Faria; http://lattes.cnpq.br/7483948147827075
Color vision consists in discrimination of objects based on their spectral composition, assisting in the organism-environment interaction. Among primates, it is estimated that the majority of the platyrrhines monkeys has a polymorphic and sex-linked dichromacy. The objective of this study was to compare the results produced by different equipments and softwares for assessment of tri/dichromatic conditions of two males and two females of the genus Cebus sp. Two computerized programs were used: one involving an adapted version of the Cambridge Colour Test and another one developed for a standard computational system. In Experiment 1 and 2 were possible to verify the trichromatic condition of one female subject and the dichromatic condition of the rest of the participants. In Experiment 3, a female and a male subject presented a dichromatic performance compatible to that one registered in previous experiments. In this Experiment, a female participant presented a trichromatic performance compatible to that one registered in previous experiments. It was concluded that favorable conditions for assessment of color vision in platyrrhines species can be built involving equipment and software with low financial cost and easy to program. However, due the few number of sessions with the low financial cost equipment, it is suggested the replication of the Experiment 3 and more sessions should be made with more subjects and involving new stimuli arrangement. It is believed that, if new data confirm the data produced here, this equipment and procedure can be used for evaluation of others platyrrhines species where behavioral data are scarce.
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Sistema reprodutor feminino de três espécies do gênero Saimiri Voigt, 1831 (Primates: Cebidae): observações macroscópicas e histológicas
(Universidade Federal do Pará, 2014-08-18) LOPES, Gerson Paulino; QUEIROZ, Helder Lima de; http://lattes.cnpq.br/3131281054700225; DOMINGUES, Sheyla Farhayldes Souza; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2794753357251149
The platyrrhine primates show variation in their reproductive aspects, their strategies, behaviors, physiology and morphoanatomy. Some of these variations may be consequences of the coevolution of the constituent elements of the genitalia of both sexes through sexual selection. Morphological differences may represent a high degree of specialization of the intraspecific genital organs, which entails a "lock-key" mechanism, which may constitute one of the mechanisms of copulatory and reproductive isolation, with implications in the speciation processes. In females, anatomical and physiological barriers within the vagina, cervix, uterus, uterus-tubal junction, and uterine tubes may be obstacles to male gametes towards fertilization and may influence the outcome of potential sperm competition. In neotropical primates, some morphological descriptions pointed out several similarities and differences between the components of the female reproductive system. Saimiri sciureus, Saimiri oerstedii and Saimiri collinsi were described in primates of the Saimiri genus. Recently, previously identified forms as S. sciureus and considered as subspecies of this, were elevated to the level of species. Among them are Saimiri macrodon and Saimiri cassiquiarensis. These species are widely distributed in the Amazon and occur in peripatria with Saimiri vanzolinii in the Mamirauá Reserve, Central Amazonia. The limits of the geographical distribution of the three species are well delineated, but the mechanisms that promote the reproductive isolation are still not clear. The possibility of hybrids and the progressive invasion of S. cassiquiarensis in the area of S. vanzolinii occurrence are of concern. Some mixed groups were observed in the contact zone between S. vanzolinii and S. cassiquiarensis. The absence of geographical barriers requires that segregation between these species be elucidated by other parameters, such as reproductive isolation due to morphological incompatibility. In this context, we describe the female reproductive system of these species in order to evaluate the possibility that genital morphology constitutes a mechanism of reproductive isolation between them, through the anatomical, topographic and histological description of the external genitalia and internal organs of the female reproductive system. We found that these species share many similarities in most of the organs analyzed. Although some important differences have been identified that may play a relevant role in the evolution of the components of the reproductive system of these species, these differences are not enough to compose a mechanism of reproductive isolation for these three species of Saimiri. Our descriptions provide important information that can assist in the construction of conservation strategies for these and other species of the Saimiri genus. As well as subsidizing the development of reproductive biotechnologies, especially endangered species such as S. vanzolinii, and elucidating questions about evolutionary aspects of the components of the reproductive system of these species and other primates.