High impact information on Tarsiidae

• As a consequence of this scaling law, the human, for example, uses four times as many V1 neurons per LGN neuron (356) to process visual information as does a tarsier (87) [1].
• Tarsius delta- and beta-globin genes: conversions, evolution, and systematic implications [2].
• In the present study, delta- and beta- globin genes from a lower primate Tarsius syrichta, and the delta-globin gene of the Asian great ape, Pongo pygmaeus, have been isolated and sequenced [2].
• For example, tarsiers are the only extant primates without deciduous incisors, and MSX1 is expressed exclusively in the incisor regions during the earliest stages of dental development [3].
• We have sequenced the cytochrome b gene of Horsfield's tarsier, Tarsius bancanus, to complete a data set of sequences for this gene from representatives of each primate infraorder [4].

Biological context of Tarsiidae

• By sequencing extensive regions of the beta-globin gene cluster from capuchin monkey (New World monkey) and tarsier (prosimian) we confirmed that capuchin monkey and tarsier have two and one gamma-globin gene(s), respectively [5].

Associations of Tarsiidae with chemical compounds

• Liver and kidney samples of 15 prosimian taxa, including Tarsius bancanus, were quantitatively tested for the enzyme L-gulono-1,4-lactone oxidase [6].

Gene context of Tarsiidae

• Significantly, sequence revisions and the addition of new sequence for a prosimian, the sifaka, eliminate the previous support for the proposed anthropoid affinities of the tarsier inferred from alpha A-crystallin protein sequences [7].
• Macaca cones labeled for 7G6 and calbindin, Aotus cones did not label for calbindin, and Tarsius cones did not label for 7G6 or calbindin [8].
• The infant Tarsius syrichta showed some BT and OMP immunoreactivity [9].

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