Background Hypertension worsens outcomes in SARS-CoV-2 patients. Sartans, a type of
antihypertensive angiotensin receptor blocker-(ARB), reduce COVID-19 morbidity and …

The COVID‐19 pandemic abruptly halted most primate field research in early 2020. While
international travel bans and regional travel restrictions made continuing primate field …

Simple Summary The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made it harder
to effectively protect and manage biodiversity, and this could make it more difficult for …

In most of our lifetimes, we have not faced a global pandemic such as the novel coronavirus
disease 2019. The world has changed as a result. However, it is not only humans who are …

Simple Summary COVID-19, an emerging infectious disease of possible animal origin due
to SARS-CoV-2, which has caused a severe pandemic, has also affected some zoo animals …

Our closest living relatives are two species in the genus Pan: bonobos and chimpanzees.
Chimpanzees are further divided into four subspecies. While there are a number of …

The year 2020 was arelentless one that drained many of us of any hope. This review
focuses on work in primatology over the long span of that year that may serve as a small …

Owing to decreased costs over time, the genomes of an increasing number of species are
being sequenced. However, chromosome-scale genome assembly is affected by scaffolding …

The disease facilitation hypothesis states that introduced species will increase parasitic
infections of native hosts by acting as a vector/reservoir or altering the environment to …

Highly contiguous genome assemblies are essential for genomic research. Chromosome-
scale assembly is feasible with the modern sequencing techniques in principle, but in …