Mitochondrial genes as strong molecular markers for species identification

Z Elyasigorji, M Izadpanah, F Hadi, M Zare - The Nucleus, 2023 - Springer
Species identification is one of the critical challenges, which researchers in the animal
investigation are facing under various objective scopes, such as cell culture in medicine, the …

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 …

Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Owl Monkeys (Aotus): The Molecular Evidence

A Di Fiore, LM Valencia, A Martins - … , and Behavioral Ecology of the Only …, 2023 - Springer
Despite close to three decades of genetic studies that have tried to resolve the precise
phylogenetic position of owl monkeys (genus Aotus) within the platyrrhine radiation, some …

Twenty-five well-justified fossil calibrations for primate divergences

D de Vries, R Beck - Palaeontologia Electronica, 2023 - salford-repository.worktribe.com
Phylogenies with estimates of divergence times are essential for investigating many
evolutionary questions. In principle,“tip-dating” is arguably the most appropriate approach …

A New Assessment of Robust Capuchin Monkey (Sapajus) Evolutionary History Using Genome-Wide SNP Marker Data and a Bayesian Approach to Species …

AB Martins, MM Valença-Montenegro, MGM Lima… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Robust capuchin monkeys, Sapajus genus, are among the most phenotypically diverse and
widespread groups of primates in South America, with one of the most confusing and often …

2b or not 2b? 2bRAD is an effective alternative to ddRAD for phylogenomics

EA Chambers, RD Tarvin, JC Santos… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Restriction‐site‐associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) has become an accessible way to
obtain genome‐wide data in the form of single‐nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for …

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species

FE Silva, JV do Amaral, C Roos, M Bowler… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bald uakaris, genus Cacajao, are Amazonian primates currently classified as one species
and four subspecies based on the patterns of pelage coloration. In this study, we test if their …

Genomic investigations provide insights into the mechanisms of resilience to heterogeneous habitats of the Indian Ocean in a pelagic fish

W Sebastian, S Sukumaran, S Abdul Azeez… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The adaptive genetic variation in response to heterogeneous habitats of the Indian Ocean
was investigated in the Indian oil sardine using ddRAD sequencing to understand the …

Historical antecedents and recent innovations in pitheciid (titi, saki, and uakari) feeding ecology

MA Norconk - American Journal of Primatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The modern pitheciids (titis, sakis, and uakaris) of northern South America represent one of
the earliest radiations of platyrrhines and demonstrate morphological adaptations and …

Parvimico materdei gen. et sp. nov.: A new platyrrhine from the Early Miocene of the Amazon Basin, Peru

RF Kay, LA Gonzales, W Salenbien, JN Martinez… - Journal of human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Three field seasons of exploration along the Río Alto Madre de Dios in Peruvian Amazonia
have yielded a fauna of micromammals from a new locality AMD-45, at∼ 12.8° S. So far we …