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Seasonality of the gut microbiota of free-ranging white-faced capuchins in a tropical dry forest by Orkin, Joseph D., Campos, Fernando A., Myers, Monica S., Cheves Hernandez, Saul E., Guadamuz, Adrián, Melin, Amanda D.

“…Research on the gut microbiota of free-ranging mammals is offering new insights into dietary ecology. However, for free-ranging primates, little information is…”
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On pickles: biological and sociocultural links between fermented foods and the human gut microbiome by Flachs, Andrew, Orkin, Joseph D

“…Abstract Background The composition of the human microbiome varies considerably in diversity and density across communities as a function of the foods we eat…”
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Cost-effective scat-detection dogs: unleashing a powerful new tool for international mammalian conservation biology by Orkin, Joseph D., Yang, Yuming, Yang, Chunyan, Yu, Douglas W., Jiang, Xuelong

“…Recently, detection dogs have been utilized to collect fecal samples from cryptic and rare mammals. Despite the great promise of this technique for…”
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Murine and related chapparvoviruses are nephro-tropic and produce novel accessory proteins in infected kidneys by Lee, Quintin, Padula, Matthew P, Pinello, Natalia, Williams, Simon H, O'Rourke, Matthew B, Fumagalli, Marcilio Jorge, Orkin, Joseph D, Song, Renhua, Shaban, Babak, Brenner, Ori, Pimanda, John E, Weninger, Wolfgang, Souza, William Marciel de, Melin, Amanda D, Wong, Justin J-L, Crim, Marcus J, Monette, Sébastien, Roediger, Ben, Jolly, Christopher J

“…Mouse kidney parvovirus (MKPV) is a member of the provisional genus Chapparvovirus that causes renal disease in immune-compromised mice, with a disease course…”
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Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of ageing by Campos, Fernando A, Wikberg, Eva C, Orkin, Joseph D, Park, Yeonjoo, Snyder-Mackler, Noah, Cheves Hernandez, Saul, Lopez Navarro, Ronald, Fedigan, Linda M, Gurven, Michael, Higham, James P, Jack, Katharine M, Melin, Amanda D

“…Studying biological ageing in animal models can circumvent some of the confounds exhibited by studies of human ageing. Ageing research in non-human primates…”
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The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS by Orkin, Joseph D., Montague, Michael J., Tejada-Martinez, Daniela, de Manuel, Marc, del Campo, Javier, Hernandez, Saul Cheves, Di Fiore, Anthony, Fontsere, Claudia, Hodgson, Jason A., Janiak, Mareike C., Kuderna, Lukas F. K., Lizano, Esther, Martin, Maria Pia, Niimura, Yoshihito, Perry, George H., Valverde, Carmen Soto, Tang, Jia, Warren, Wesley C., de Magalhães, João Pedro, Kawamura, Shoji, Marquès-Bonet, Tomàs, Krawetz, Roman, Melin, Amanda D.

“…Ecological flexibility, extended lifespans, and large brains have long intrigued evolutionary biologists, and comparative genomics offers an efficient and…”
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Landscape and conservation genetics of western black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in China by Orkin, Joseph D, He, Kai, Hu, Nai-Qing, Guan, Zhen-Hua, Huang, Bei, Yang, Chunyan, Fan, Peng-Fei, Jiang, Xuelong

“…Despite decades of field study, very little is known about the molecular ecology of gibbons, particularly as it relates to their ability to disperse across…”
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Duplication and parallel evolution of the pancreatic ribonuclease gene (RNASE1) in folivorous non-colobine primates, the howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.) by Janiak, Mareike C., Burrell, Andrew S., Orkin, Joseph D., Disotell, Todd R.

“…In foregut-fermenting mammals (e.g., colobine monkeys, artiodactyl ruminants) the enzymes pancreatic ribonuclease ( RNASE1 ) and lysozyme C ( LYZ ), originally…”
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Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques by Janiak, Mareike C, Montague, Michael J, Villamil, Catalina I, Stock, Michala K, Trujillo, Amber E, DePasquale, Allegra N, Orkin, Joseph D, Bauman Surratt, Samuel E, Gonzalez, Olga, Platt, Michael L, Martínez, Melween I, Antón, Susan C, Dominguez-Bello, Maria Gloria, Melin, Amanda D, Higham, James P

“…An individual's microbiome changes over the course of its lifetime, especially during infancy, and again in old age. Confounding factors such as diet and…”
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The Narrow Niche hypothesis: Gray squirrels shed new light on primate origins by Orkin, Joseph D., Pontzer, Herman

“…Current hypotheses for primate origins propose that nails and primate‐like grasping hands and feet were important early adaptations for feeding in fine…”
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Colour vision variation in leaf‐nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): Links to cave roosting and dietary specialization by Kries, Kelly, Barros, Marília A. S., Duytschaever, Gwen, Orkin, Joseph D., Janiak, Mareike C., Pessoa, Daniel M. A., Melin, Amanda D.

“…Bats are a diverse radiation of mammals of enduring interest for understanding the evolution of sensory specialization. Colour vision variation among species…”
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Activity budget and gut microbiota stability and flexibility across reproductive states in wild capuchin monkeys in a seasonal tropical dry forest by Webb, Shasta E, Orkin, Joseph D, Williamson, Rachel E, Melin, Amanda D

“…Energy demands associated with pregnancy and lactation are significant forces in mammalian evolution. To mitigate increased energy costs associated with…”
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Euarchontan Opsin Variation Brings New Focus to Primate Origins by Melin, Amanda D, Wells, Konstans, Moritz, Gillian L, Kistler, Logan, Orkin, Joseph D, Timm, Robert M, Bernard, Henry, Lakim, Maklarin B, Perry, George H, Kawamura, Shoji, Dominy, Nathaniel J

“…Debate on the adaptive origins of primates has long focused on the functional ecology of the primate visual system. For example, it is hypothesized that…”
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The Diversity of Primates: From Biomedicine to Conservation Genomics by Orkin, Joseph D, Kuderna, Lukas F.K, Marques-Bonet, Tomas

“…Until now, the field of primate genomics has focused on two major themes: understanding human evolution and advancing biomedical research. We propose that it…”
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Population and Conservation Status of Indochinese Gray Langurs (Trachypithecus crepusculus) in the Wuliang Mountains, Jingdong, Yunnan, China by Ma, Chi, Luo, Zhonghua, Liu, Changming, Orkin, Joseph D., Xiao, Wen, Fan, Pengfei

“…Peripheral populations are valuable for conservation because of their potential genetic distinctiveness and ecological differentiation, but they tend to be…”
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A high-quality, long-read genome assembly of the endangered ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) by Palmada-Flores, Marc, Orkin, Joseph D, Haase, Bettina, Mountcastle, Jacquelyn, Bertelsen, Mads F, Fedrigo, Olivier, Kuderna, Lukas F K, Jarvis, Erich D, Marques-Bonet, Tomas

“…Abstract Background: The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a charismatic strepsirrhine primate endemic to Madagascar. These lemurs are of particular interest,…”
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Recently Integrated Alu Elements in Capuchin Monkeys: A Resource for Cebus / Sapajus Genomics by Storer, Jessica M, Walker, Jerilyn A, Rockwell, Catherine E, Mores, Grayce, Beckstrom, Thomas O, Orkin, Joseph D, Melin, Amanda D, Phillips, Kimberley A, Roos, Christian, Batzer, Mark A

“…Capuchins are platyrrhines (monkeys found in the Americas) within the Cebidae family. For most of their taxonomic history, the two main morphological types of…”
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Variation in predicted COVID‐19 risk among lemurs and lorises by Melin, Amanda D., Orkin, Joseph D., Janiak, Mareike C., Valenzuela, Alejandro, Kuderna, Lukas, Marrone, Frank, Ramangason, Hasinala, Horvath, Julie E., Roos, Christian, Kitchener, Andrew C., Khor, Chiea Chuen, Lim, Weng Khong, Lee, Jessica G. H., Tan, Patrick, Umapathy, Govindhaswamy, Raveendran, Muthuswamy, Alan Harris, R., Gut, Ivo, Gut, Marta, Lizano, Esther, Nadler, Tilo, Zinner, Dietmar, Le, Minh D., Manu, Sivakumara, Rabarivola, Clément J., Zaramody, Alphonse, Andriaholinirina, Nicole, Johnson, Steig E., Jarvis, Erich D., Fedrigo, Olivier, Wu, Dongdong, Zhang, Guojie, Farh, Kyle Kai‐How, Rogers, Jeffrey, Marques‐Bonet, Tomas, Navarro, Arcadi, Juan, David, Arora, Paramjit S., Higham, James P.

“…The novel coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2, which in humans leads to the disease COVID‐19, has caused global disruption and more than 2 million fatalities since it first…”
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Small to modest impact of social group on the gut microbiome of wild Costa Rican capuchins in a seasonal forest by Orkin, Joseph Daniel, Webb, Shasta Ellen, Melin, Amanda Dawn

“…The horizontal transmission of pathogenic and beneficial microbes has implications for health and development of socially living animals. Social group is…”
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Observation of intra-group and extra-group copulation and reproductive characters in free ranging groups of western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) by HUANG, Bei, GUAN, Zhenghua, NI, Qingyong, ORKIN, Joseph D., FAN, Pengfei, JIANG, Xuelong

“…Black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) are 1 of only 3 gibbon species that have been observed in long‐term polygynous groups, but their mating behavior and…”
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