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Degeneration of the olfactory guanylyl cyclase D gene during primate evolution.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2007
BackgroundThe mammalian olfactory system consists of several subsystems that detect specific sets of chemical cues and underlie a variety of behavioral responses.
Janet M Young   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A (New World Monkey) Tree Grows in Brooklyn [PDF]

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, 2011
Some weeks back I was in the beautiful city of my childhood, Brooklyn, USA. (For those of you not in the know Brooklyn was it’s own city until ‘‘the mistake of ’98’’ that is, 1898, when we reluctantly joined with ‘‘New York City;’’ most of us have been lamenting it ever since.) I was visiting my beloved undergraduate alma mater, Brooklyn College, to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Facial width-to-height ratio relates to alpha status and assertive personality in capuchin monkeys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Social dominance hierarchies play a pivotal role in shaping the behaviour of many species, and sex differences within these hierarchies often exist. To date, however, few physical markers of dominance have been identified.
Wilson, V   +35 more
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Hematological profile of captive bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) from Northeastern Brazil

open access: yesCiência Rural, 2018
: Bearded Capuchin or Black-striped Capuchin monkeys (Sapajus lidibinosus) are New World robust capuchin monkeys widely used in medical research.
Adriano Fernandes Ferreira   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cross-species transmission of a novel adenovirus associated with a fulminant pneumonia outbreak in a new world monkey colony.

open access: yesPLoS Pathogens, 2011
Adenoviruses are DNA viruses that naturally infect many vertebrates, including humans and monkeys, and cause a wide range of clinical illnesses in humans. Infection from individual strains has conventionally been thought to be species-specific.
Eunice C Chen   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Early anthropoid femora reveal divergent adaptive trajectories in catarrhine hind-limb evolution

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
The proximal femur is key for understanding locomotion in primates. Here, the authors analyze the evolution of the proximal femur in catarrhines, including a new Aegyptopithecus fossil, and suggest that Old World monkeys and hominoids diverged from an ...
Sergio Almécija   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

African origin for New World monkeys [PDF]

open access: yesScience, 2015
Paleontology![Figure][1] South American silvery marmosets ( Mico argentatus ) had an African ancestor. PHOTO: © THOMAS MARENT/VISUALS UNLIMITED/CORBIS New World monkeys—smallish, flat-nosed primates with prehensile tails such as silvery marmosets, golden lion tamarins, and squirrel monkeys—have inhabited South America for at least 26 million years,
openaire   +1 more source

Humans and great apes share increased neocortical neuropeptide Y innervation compared to other haplorhine primates

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) plays a role in a variety of basic physiological functions and has also been implicated in regulating cognition, including learning and memory.
Mary Ann eRaghanti   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

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