Natural and anthropogenic hybridization both occur in primates, but the effects of these
distinct processes on primate evolution and population dynamics can be difficult to …

Mammalian captive dietary specialists like folivores are prone to gastrointestinal distress
and primate dietary specialists suffer the greatest gut microbiome diversity losses in captivity …

The phylogenetic position of owl monkeys, grouped in the genus Aotus, has been a
controversial issue for understanding Neotropical primate evolution. Explanations of the …

The genus Saimiri is a decades-long taxonomic and phylogenetic puzzle to which
cytogenetics has contributed crucial data. All Saimiri species apparently have a diploid …

The role of rivers in driving molecular variation and speciation through vicariance across the
Neotropics remains contested. Here, we test the river barrier hypothesis by analyzing the …

Genetic studies have presented increasing indications about the complexity of the
interactions between Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans, during Pleistocene …

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Squirrel monkeys are a diverse group of New World Monkeys from the Cebidae family of
Platyrrhines native to Central and South America (Hershkovitz 1984). Even today the …