Browsing by Subject "Pan troglodytes/genetics"

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2013-07-24Zeitschriftenartikel

Absence of Frequent Herpesvirus Transmission in a Nonhuman Primate Predator-Prey System in the Wild

Murthy, Sripriya; Couacy-Hymann, Emmanuel; Metzger, Sonja; Nowak, Kathrin; Nys, Helene de; Boesch, Christophe; Wittig, Roman; Jarvis, Michael A.; Leendertz, Fabian; Ehlers, Bernhard

Emergence of viruses into the human population by transmission from nonhuman primates (NHPs) represents a serious potential threat to human health that is primarily associated with the increased bushmeat trade. Transmission ...
2011-07-01Zeitschriftenartikel

Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates.

Schubert, Grit; Stoneking, Colin J.; Arandjelovic, Mimi; Boesch, Christophe; Eckhardt, Nadin; Hohmann, Gottfried; Langergraber, Kevin; Lukas, Dieter; Vigilant, Linda

Background: Many group–living species display strong sex biases in dispersal tendencies. However, gene flow mediated by apparently philopatric sex may still occur and potentially alters population structure. In our closest ...