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D'scent of man: A comparative survey of primate chemosignaling in relation to sex by Drea, Christine M.

“…This article is part of a Special Issue (Chemosignals and Reproduction). As highly visual animals, primates, in general, and Old World species (including…”
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Social odours covary with bacterial community in the anal secretions of wild meerkats by Leclaire, Sarah, Jacob, Staffan, Greene, Lydia K., Dubay, George R., Drea, Christine M.

“…The fermentation hypothesis for animal signalling posits that bacteria dwelling in an animal’s scent glands metabolize the glands’ primary products into…”
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Microbial rewilding in the gut microbiomes of captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) in Madagascar by Bornbusch, Sally L., Clarke, Tara A., Hobilalaina, Sylvia, Reseva, Honore Soatata, LaFleur, Marni, Drea, Christine M.

“…Microbial rewilding, whereby exposure to naturalistic environments can modulate or augment gut microbiomes and improve host-microbe symbiosis, is being…”
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Neural correlates of mating system diversity: oxytocin and vasopressin receptor distributions in monogamous and non-monogamous Eulemur by Grebe, Nicholas M., Sharma, Annika, Freeman, Sara M., Palumbo, Michelle C., Patisaul, Heather B., Bales, Karen L., Drea, Christine M.

“…Contemporary theory that emphasizes the roles of oxytocin and vasopressin in mammalian sociality has been shaped by seminal vole research that revealed…”
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Genetic variation at MHC class II loci influences both olfactory signals and scent discrimination in ring-tailed lemurs by Grogan, Kathleen E, Harris, Rachel L, Boulet, Marylène, Drea, Christine M

“…Diversity at the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is critical to health and fitness, such that MHC genotype may predict an individual's quality or…”
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An intergenerational androgenic mechanism of female intrasexual competition in the cooperatively breeding meerkat by Drea, Christine M., Davies, Charli S., Greene, Lydia K., Mitchell, Jessica, Blondel, Dimitri V., Shearer, Caroline L., Feldblum, Joseph T., Dimac-Stohl, Kristin A., Smyth-Kabay, Kendra N., Clutton-Brock, Tim H.

“…Female intrasexual competition can be intense in cooperatively breeding species, with some dominant breeders (matriarchs) limiting reproduction in subordinates…”
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Spotted hyaenas and the sexual spectrum: reproductive endocrinology and development by Conley, Alan, Place, Ned J, Legacki, Erin L, Hammond, Geoff L, Cunha, Gerald R, Drea, Christine M, Weldele, Mary L, Glickman, Steve E

“…The spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) is a unique species, even amongst the Hyaenidae. Extreme clitoral development in female spotted hyaenas challenges aspects…”
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Baby on board: olfactory cues indicate pregnancy and fetal sex in a non-human primate by Crawford, Jeremy Chase, Drea, Christine M.

“…Olfactory cues play an integral, albeit underappreciated, role in mediating vertebrate social and reproductive behaviour. These cues fluctuate with the…”
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Individual recognition through olfactory–auditory matching in lemurs by Kulahci, Ipek G., Drea, Christine M., Rubenstein, Daniel I., Ghazanfar, Asif A.

“…Individual recognition can be facilitated by creating representations of familiar individuals, whereby information from signals in multiple sensory modalities…”
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Androgen-mediated maternal effects and trade-offs: postnatal hormone development, growth, and survivorship in wild meerkats by Davies, Charli S, Shearer, Caroline L, Greene, Lydia K, Mitchell, Jessica, Walsh, Debbie, Goerlich, Vivian C, Clutton-Brock, Tim H, Drea, Christine M

“…Mammalian reproductive and somatic development is regulated by steroid hormones, growth hormone (GH), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1). Based largely…”
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Victims of infanticide and conspecific bite wounding in a female-dominant primate: a long-term study by Charpentier, Marie J E, Drea, Christine M

“…The aggression animals receive from conspecifics varies between individuals across their lifetime. As poignantly evidenced by infanticide, for example,…”
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Sight or scent: lemur sensory reliance in detecting food quality varies with feeding ecology by Rushmore, Julie, Leonhardt, Sara D, Drea, Christine M

“…Visual and olfactory cues provide important information to foragers, yet we know little about species differences in sensory reliance during food selection. In…”
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Gut microbiota of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) vary across natural and captive populations and correlate with environmental microbiota by Bornbusch, Sally L, Greene, Lydia K, Rahobilalaina, Sylvia, Calkins, Samantha, Rothman, Ryan S, Clarke, Tara A, LaFleur, Marni, Drea, Christine M

“…Inter-population variation in host-associated microbiota reflects differences in the hosts' environments, but this characterization is typically based on…”
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Smelling right: the scent of male lemurs advertises genetic quality and relatedness by CHARPENTIER, MARIE J. E., BOULET, MARYLÈNE, DREA, CHRISTINE M.

“…Sexual selection theory predicts that competitors or potential mates signal their quality or relatedness to conspecifics. Researchers have focused on visual or…”
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Decoding an olfactory mechanism of kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance in a primate by Boulet, Marylène, Charpentier, Marie J E, Drea, Christine M

“…Like other vertebrates, primates recognize their relatives, primarily to minimize inbreeding, but also to facilitate nepotism. Although associative, social…”
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Design, delivery and perception of condition-dependent chemical signals in strepsirrhine primates: implications for human olfactory communication by Drea, Christine M

“…The study of human chemical communication benefits from comparative perspectives that relate humans, conceptually and empirically, to other primates. All major…”
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Scents and sensibility: information content of olfactory signals in the ringtailed lemur, Lemur catta by Scordato, Elizabeth S., Drea, Christine M.

“…The function of olfactory signalling in social species is less well understood than in asocial species. Consequently, we examined olfactory communication in…”
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Next-generation genotyping of hypervariable loci in many individuals of a non-model species: technical and theoretical implications by Grogan, Kathleen E, McGinnis, Gwendolyn J, Sauther, Michelle L, Cuozzo, Frank P, Drea, Christine M

“…Across species, diversity at the Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is critical to disease resistance and population health; however, use of MHC diversity…”
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P-Mail: The Information Highway of Nocturnal, but Not Diurnal or Cathemeral, Strepsirrhines by Drea, Christine M, Goodwin, Thomas E, delBarco-Trillo, Javier

“…Scent marking is a well-established, but highly variable, mode of communication among strepsirrhine primates. We begin by reviewing this literature, focusing…”
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Sex and seasonal differences in aggression and steroid secretion in Lemur catta: Are socially dominant females hormonally ‘masculinized’? by Drea, Christine M.

“…Female social dominance characterizes many strepsirrhine primates endemic to Madagascar, but currently there is no comprehensive explanation for how or why…”
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