Publications


Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  • Jacobs RL, Veilleux CC, Louis EE, Frankel DC, Irwin MT, Melin AD, Bradley BJ. Less is more: Lemurs (Eulemur spp.) potentially benefit from loss of trichromatic vision Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77:22.
    • Veilleux CC, Scarry CJ, Di Fiore A, Kirk EC, Bolnick DA, Lewis RJ. 2016. Group benefit associated with polymorphic trichromacy in a Malagasy primate (Propithecus verreauxi). Scientific Reports 6:38418. (pdf)
  • Guevara EE, Veilleux CC, Saltonstall K, Caccone A, Mundy NI, Bradley BJ. 2016. Potential arms race in the coevolution of primates and angiosperms: brazzein sweet proteins and gorilla taste receptors. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 161: 181-185.
  • Veilleux CC, Kirk EC. 2014. Visual acuity in mammals: effects of eye size and ecology. Brain, Behavior, and Evolution 83: 43-53. (Editor's Choice Free Access)
  • Veilleux CC, Jacobs RL, Cummings ME, Louis EE, Bolnick DA. 2014. Opsin genes and visual acuity in a nocturnal folivorous lemur. International Journal of Primatology 35: 88-107. (pdf)
  • Veilleux CC, Louis EE, Bolnick DA. 2013. Nocturnal light environments influence color vision and signatures of selection on the OPN1SW opsin gene in nocturnal lemurs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 1420-37. (pdf)
  • Veilleux CC, Cummings ME. 2012. Nocturnal light environments and species ecology: implications for nocturnal color vision in forests. Journal of Experimental Biology 215: 4085-96. (pdf)
  • Veilleux CC, Lewis RJ. 2011. Effects of habitat light intensity on mammalian eye shape. Anatomical Record 294: 905-14. (pdf)
  • Veilleux CC, Bolnick DA. 2009. Opsin gene polymorphism predicts trichromacy in a cathemeral lemur. American Journal of Primatology 71: 86-90. (pdf)
  • Veilleux CC, Kirk EC. 2009. Visual acuity in a cathemeral strepsirrhine (Eulemur macaco flavifrons). American Journal of Primatology 71: 342-52. (pdf)


    • Peer-reviewed Book Chapters

  • Veilleux CC. 2019. Sensory polymorphisms and dietary adaptation. Invited chapter for Companion to Anthropological Genetics (Wiley-Blackwell), edited by Dennis O'Rourke.
  • Veilleux CC. 2020. Seeing in the dark: Visual function and ecology in lorises and pottos. Invited chapter for Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation of Lorises and Pottos (Cambridge University Press), editors KAI Nekaris & AM Burrows
  • Melin AD, Veilleux CC. in press. Primate senses: finding and evaluating food. In Primate Diet and Nutrition: Needing, Finding, and Using Food, editors JE Lambert & J Rothman


    • Peer-reviewed Encyclopedia Entries

  • Veilleux CC. 2017. Genetics of primate color vision. In The International Encyclopedia of Primatology, Agustin Fuentes (ed). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
  • Veilleux CC. in press. Primate color vision, genetics of. In The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology, Wenda Trevathan (ed). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.