Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons

EF Sørensen, RA Harris, L Zhang, M Raveendran… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Baboons (genus Papio) are a morphologically and behaviorally diverse clade of catarrhine
monkeys that have experienced hybridization between phenotypically and genetically …

Gelada genomes highlight events of gene flow, hybridisation and local adaptation that track past climatic changes

M Caldon, G Mutti, A Mondanaro, H Imai… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Theropithecus gelada, the last surviving species of this genus, occupy a unique and highly
specialised ecological niche in the Ethiopian highlands. A subdivision into three …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive overview of baboon phylogenetic history

GH Kopp, R Sithaldeen, F Trede, F Grathwol, C Roos… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Baboons (genus Papio) are an intriguing study system to investigate complex evolutionary
processes and the evolution of social systems. An increasing number of studies over the last …

Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity

F Grathwol, C Roos, D Zinner, B Hume, SM Porcier… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Adulis, located on the Red Sea coast in present-day Eritrea, was a bustling trading centre
between the first and seventh centuries CE. Several classical geographers—Agatharchides …

Mitonuclear interactions and introgression genomics of macaque monkeys (Macaca) highlight the influence of behaviour on genome evolution

BJ Evans, BM Peter, DJ Melnick… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In most macaques, females are philopatric and males migrate from their natal ranges, which
results in pronounced divergence of mitochondrial genomes within and among species. We …

[PDF][PDF] Mitonuclear interactions and the origin of macaque societies

J Zhu, BJ Evans - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In most eukaryotes, aerobic respiration requires interactions between autosomally encoded
genes (N interact genes) and mitochondrial DNA, RNA, and protein. In species where …

[HTML][HTML] Palaeopathological and demographic data reveal conditions of keeping of the ancient baboons at Gabbanat el-Qurud (Thebes, Egypt)

W Van Neer, M Udrescu, J Peters, B De Cupere… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Since predynastic times, baboons (Papio hamadryas and Papio anubis) were important in
ancient Egypt for ritual and religious purposes. These species did not occur naturally in …

Adulis and the transshipment of baboons during classical antiquity

G Franziska, C Roos, Z Dietmar, B Hume, SM Porcier… - eLife, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Adulis, located on the Red Sea coast in present-day Eritrea, was a bustling trading centre
between the first and seventh centuries CE. Several classical geographers—Agatharchides …

A Pleistocene assemblage of near‐modern Papio hamadryas from the Middle Awash study area, Afar Rift, Ethiopia

MF Brasil, TA Monson, CE Taylor… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study is to assess a new assemblage of papionin fossils (n= 143)
recovered from later Pleistocene sediments in the Middle Awash study area in the Afar Rift of …

DNA barcoding of southern African mammal species and construction of a reference library for forensic application

JR Baxter, A Kotze, M de Bruyn, K Matlou… - …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Combating wildlife crimes in South Africa requires accurate identification of traded species
and their products. Diagnostic morphological characteristics needed to identify species are …