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Comparative genomic analyses provide new insights into evolutionary history and conservation genomics of gorillas

BMC Ecology and Evolution
Genome sequencing is a powerful tool to understand species evolutionary history, uncover genes under selection, which could be informative of local adaptation, and infer measures of genetic diversity, inbreeding and mutational load that could be used to ...
Tom van der Valk, Axel Jensen, Damien Caillaud, Katerina Guschanski   +3 more
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The evolutionary psychology of the human pointing gesture

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
The human pointing gesture is a species‐unique and species‐universal form of communication that depends on humans' especially powerful forms of cooperative cognition and motivation. I have previously hypothesized that the pointing gesture evolved as a behavioral tool empowering individuals to better coordinate their interdependent collaborative ...
Michael Tomasello
wiley   +1 more source

Antibacterial and antioxidant activities of plants consumed by western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Gabon.

PLoS ONE
Zoopharmacognosy is the study of the self-medication behaviors of non-human animals that use plant, animal or soil items as remedies. Recent studies have shown that some of the plants employed by animals may also be used for the same therapeutic purposes
Leresche Even Doneilly Oyaba Yinda, Richard Onanga, Cédric Sima Obiang, Herman Begouabe, Etienne François Akomo-Okoue, Judicaël Obame-Nkoghe, Roland Mitola, Joseph-Privat Ondo, Guy-Roger Ndong Atome, Louis-Clément Obame Engonga, Ibrahim, Joanna M Setchell, Sylvain Godreuil   +12 more
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Ostensive communication in great apes: The evolution of Gricean intent

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
I discuss the evolution of ostensive behaviours (behaviours that display the communicative intent to influence others through the perception of signals and actions addressed to them). Ostensive communication evolved out of evolutionary adaptations to the challenges and opportunities created by the evolutionary scenario of the meeting of ...
Juan Carlos Gómez
wiley   +1 more source

Lag Effects in L2 Phonetic Training: Longer Intersession Intervals Compensate for Auditory Individual Differences

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
wiley   +1 more source

Echinococcus multilocularis in two lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla).

, 2003
An unusual presentation of alveolar echinococcosis was observed in two lowland gorillas (Gorilla g. gorilla). Clinical signs included progressive abdominal enlargement, apathy and anorexia.
Lawrenz, A, Gottstein, Bruno, Gröne, A, Bacciarini, L N, Rehmann, P, Pagan, O   +5 more
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Habitat and dietary differences between Gorilla gorilla gorilla and Gorilla gorilla beringei : implication for social variability

, 2004
In this thesis I examine and synthesize the research literature on the habitats, diets and behaviors of Gorilla gorilla beringei (mountain gorilla) and Gorilla gorilla gorilla (western lowland gorilla).
Bate, Jacklyn C.
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Attunement and Reason

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this essay, I present a theory of attunement, the agent's readiness to attend to a target. I focus on attunement to reasons for action, and in particular, on sensitivity to moral reasons. After noting that many claims regarding moral perception are better construed as claims regarding moral attention, I separate perceptual from attentional ...
Wayne Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Gorilla mtDNA - Sequences Unravelled and Secrets Revealed

, 2004
First paragraph: Non-invasive genetics, the analysis of DNA variability using samples such as hair or fresh faeces collected in the field, has made enormous progress since the days of its infancy in the late 1980s and early 1990s (Higuchi et al.
Anthony, Nicola M, Abernethy, Katharine, Wickings, E Jean, Clifford, Stephen L, Johnson-Bawe, Mireille, Bruford, Michael W   +5 more
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A near telomere-to-telomere phased reference assembly for the male mountain gorilla

Scientific Data
The endangered mountain gorilla, Gorilla beringei beringei, faces numerous threats to its survival, highlighting the urgent need for genomic resources to aid conservation efforts.
David R. Nelson, Richard Muvunyi, Khaled M. Hazzouri, Jean-Claude Tumushime, Gaspard Nzayisenga, Nziza Julius, Wim Meert, Latifa Karim, Wouter Coppieters, Katherine M. Munson, DongAhn Yoo, Evan E. Eichler, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Jean-Claude Twizere   +13 more
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