Adaptations to water stress and pastoralism in the Turkana of northwest Kenya

Autor: Lea, AJ, Caldas, IV, Garske, KM, Echwa, J, Gurven, M, Handley, C, Kahumbu, J, Kamau, Kinyua, P, Lotukoi, F, Lopurudoi, A, Lowasa, S, Mallarino, R, Martins, D, Messer, PW, Miano, C, Muhoya, B, Peng, J, Phung, T, Rabinowitz, JD, Roichman, A, Siford, R, Stone, A, Oill, AM Taravella, Mathew, S, Wilson, MA, Ayroles, JF

Publikováno v: bioRxiv

The Turkana people inhabit arid regions of east Africa—where temperatures are high and water is scarce—and they practice subsistence pastoralism, such that their diet is primarily composed of animal products. Working with Turkana communities, we

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https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.17.524066

Relationship Between Environmental Temperature and the Death Rate of Women from Neoplasms of the Breast

Autor: Lea Aj

Publikováno v: Nature. 209:57-59

Relationship Between Environmental Temperature and the Death Rate of Women from Neoplasms of the Breast

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https://doi.org/10.1038/209057a0

Estimation of the amount of pigment present in human hair

Autor: Lea Aj

Publikováno v: Annals of human genetics. 19(2)

Summary A method of classifying human hair colour by determining the optical density of a hair-urea solution is described. The reactions which occur are not understood, but it is thought that the method can be applied to large-scale investigations wi

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13208029

Immune gene regulation is associated with age and environmental adversity in a nonhuman primate.

Autor: Watowich MM; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Costa CE; Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, New York, USA., Chiou KL; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA., Goldman EA; Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA., Petersen RM; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Patterson S; Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, USA., Martínez MI; Caribbean Primate Research Center, Unit of Comparative Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA., Sterner KN; Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA., Horvath JE; Research and Collections Section, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.; Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.; Renaissance Computing Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA., Montague MJ; Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Platt ML; Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.; Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.; Marketing Department, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA., Brent LJN; Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK., Higham JP; Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, New York, USA.; New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology, New York, New York, USA., Lea AJ; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA., Snyder-Mackler N; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.; Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

Publikováno v: Molecular ecology [Mol Ecol] 2024 Nov; Vol. 33 (21), pp. e17445. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 20.

Early life adversity has sex-dependent effects on survival across the lifespan in rhesus macaques.

Autor: Patterson SK; Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York 10003, USA., Andonov E; High School of American Studies at Lehman College, Bronx, New York 10468, USA., Arre AM; Caribbean Primate Research Center, Unit of Comparative Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00925, Puerto Rico., Martínez MI; Caribbean Primate Research Center, Unit of Comparative Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00925, Puerto Rico., Negron-Del Valle JE; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe 85281, USA., Petersen RM; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37235, USA., Phillips D; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe 85281, USA., Rahman A; Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, New York 11217, USA., Ruiz-Lambides A; Caribbean Primate Research Center, Unit of Comparative Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00925, Puerto Rico., Villanueva I; Bard High School Early College Manhattan, New York 10002, USA., Lea AJ; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37235, USA.; Child and Brain Development Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Study, Toronto M5G 1M1, Canada., Snyder-Mackler N; Center for Evolution and Medicine, Arizona State University, Tempe 85281, USA.; School of Life Sciences and School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, Tempe 85281, USA., Brent LJN; Department of Psychology, Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ, USA., Higham JP; Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York 10003, USA.

Publikováno v: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences [Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci] 2024 Dec 16; Vol. 379 (1916), pp. 20220456. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 28.