Current advances in primate genomics: novel approaches for understanding evolution and disease

D Juan, G Santpere, JL Kelley, OE Cornejo… - Nature reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Primate genomics holds the key to understanding fundamental aspects of human evolution
and disease. However, genetic diversity and functional genomics data sets are currently …

Genomic resources for rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

J Rogers - Mammalian Genome, 2022 - Springer
Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) are among the most extensively studied of nonhuman
primates. This species has been the subject of many investigations concerning basic …

Evolutionary and phylogenetic insights from a nuclear genome sequence of the extinct, giant, “subfossil” koala lemur Megaladapis edwardsi

S Marciniak, MR Mughal, LR Godfrey… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
No endemic Madagascar animal with body mass> 10 kg survived a relatively recent wave of
extinction on the island. From morphological and isotopic analyses of skeletal “subfossil” …

Climatic fluctuations, geographic features, and evolutionary forces: Shaping high genomic diversity and local adaptation in Muntiacus reevesi

G Chen, Z Sun, W Shi, H Wang, G Shi… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Genetic diversity is crucial for species adaptability. Understanding the mechanisms
behind its formation and maintenance is essential for effective conservation. Recent studies …

Consistency in Verreaux's sifaka home range and core area size despite seasonal variation in resource availability as assessed by Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)

AC Axel, BM Harshbarger, RJ Lewis… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Primates are adept at dealing with fluctuating availability of resources and display a range of
responses to minimize the effects of food scarcity. An important component of primate …

Forest access restores foraging and ranging behavior in captive sifakas

LK Greene, JB Andriambeloson, MB Blanco… - Zoo …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Captive wildlife benefit from ecologically informed management strategies that promote
natural behaviors. The Duke Lemur Center has pioneered husbandry programs rooted in …

Molecular adaptation to folivory and the conservation implications for Madagascar's lemurs

EE Guevara, LK Greene, MB Blanco… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The lemurs of Madagascar include numerous species characterized by folivory across
several families. Many extant lemuriform folivores exist in sympatry in Madagascar's …

Reduction of bitter taste receptor gene family in folivorous colobine primates relative to omnivorous cercopithecine primates

M Hou, MS Akhtar, M Hayashi, R Ashino… - Primates, 2024 - Springer
Bitter taste perception is important in preventing animals from ingesting potentially toxic
compounds. Whole-genome assembly (WGA) data have revealed that bitter taste receptor …

Nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenomics of the sifakas reveal cryptic variation in the diademed sifaka

MTR Hawkins, CA Bailey, AM Brown, J Tinsman… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The most comprehensive phylogenomic reconstruction to date was generated on all
nominal taxa within the lemur genus Propithecus. Over 200 wild-caught individuals were …

A chromosome-level, haplotype-resolved genome assembly and annotation for the Eurasian minnow (Leuciscidae - Phoxinus phoxinus) provide evidence of …

TO Oriowo, I Chrysostomakis, S Martin, S Kukowka… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
In this study we present an in-depth analysis of the Eurasian Minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus)
genome, highlighting its genetic diversity, structural variations, and evolutionary adaptations …