A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species

LFK Kuderna, H Gao, MC Janiak, M Kuhlwilm, JD Orkin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an
informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental …

Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes

LFK Kuderna, JC Ulirsch, S Rashid, M Ameen… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Noncoding DNA is central to our understanding of human gene regulation and complex
diseases,, and measuring the evolutionary sequence constraint can establish the functional …

Rocks and clocks revised: new promises and challenges in dating the primate tree of life

L Pozzi, A Penna - Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, multiple technological and methodological advances have increased our
ability to estimate phylogenies, leading to more accurate dating of the primate tree of life …

Human herpesvirus diversity is altered in HLA class I binding peptides

WH Palmer, M Telford, A Navarro… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Herpesviruses are ubiquitous, genetically diverse DNA viruses, with long-term presence in
humans associated with infrequent but significant pathology. Human leukocyte antigen …

[HTML][HTML] Initiation of the primate genome project

DD Wu, XG Qi, L Yu, M Li, ZJ Liu, AD Yoder… - Zoological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A crucial step for understanding human evolution is to identify the genomic changes that
occurred during primate evolution, thus allowing investigators to reconstruct the ancestral …

A high-quality, long-read genome assembly of the endangered ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

M Palmada-Flores, JD Orkin, B Haase… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background: The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a charismatic strepsirrhine primate
endemic to Madagascar. These lemurs are of particular interest, given their status as a …

Whole genomes of the amazonian Cacajao reveal complex connectivity and fast differentiation driven by high environmental dynamism

N Hermosilla-Albala, FE Silva, S Cuadros-Espinoza… - BioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Uakari monkeys (genus Cacajao) are endemic to the Amazon rainforest. These have been
divided into two main groups: bald and black, mainly based on phenotypic and ecological …

Zoonotic and Zooanthroponotic Potential of Monkeypox

MO Atasoy, RFE Naggar, MA Rohaim, M Munir - Poxviruses, 2024 - Springer
The current multicounty outbreak of monkeypox virus (MPXV) posed an emerging and
continued challenge to already strained public healthcare sector, around the globe. Since its …

An Effective Microsatellite Marker Panel for Noninvasive Samples in Tibetan Macaques (Macaca thibetana)

H Liu, J Luo, W Hou, X Pan, Y Cai, J Li - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
An effective genetic marker panel that can be used with noninvasive samples is useful for
population genetics and the conservation management of endangered species. We aimed …

Risk Factors in the Era of Emerging Infectious Diseases: Challenges and Strategies

M Mustafa, A Makhawi - 2023 - preprints.org
Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) continue to be a problem all across the world, but in
certain areas the threat is greater than in others. The detection of new diseases will aid in …