An Introduction to the Callithrix Genus and Overview of Recent Advances in Marmoset Research
| Autor: | Joanna Malukiewicz, Vanner Boere, Maria Adelia Borstelmann de Oliveira, Mirela D’Arc, Jessica Viviane Amorim Ferreira, Jeffery French, Genevieve Houman, Claudia Almeida Igayara de Souza, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Fabiano Rodrigues de Melo, Mônica Mafra Valença-Montenegro, Silvia Bahadian Moreira, Ita de Oliveira e Silva, Felipe Santos Pacheco, Jeff Rogers, Alcides Pissinatti, Ricardo del Rosario, Corinna Ross, Carlos R. Ruiz-Miranda, Luiz C.M. Pereira, Nicola Schiel, Fernanda de Fátima Rodrigues da Silva, Antonio Souto, Vedrana Šlipogor, Suzette Tardif |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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biology
Zika Virus Infection animal diseases Marmoset Callithrix General Medicine Genomics Zika Virus medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Arbovirus General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Evolutionary biology Genus biology.animal Yellow Fever medicine anatomy_morphology Animals Hybridization Genetic Animal Science and Zoology Brazil |
| Zdroj: | ILAR Journal |
| Popis: | group (C geoffroyi, C jacchus, C kuhlii, and C penicillata), this relatively young primate radiation is endemic to the Brazilian Cerrado, Caatinga, and Atlantic Forest biomes. Significant impacts on Callithrix within these biomes resulting from anthropogenic activity include (1) population declines, particularly for the aurita group; (2) widespread geographic displacement, biological invasions, and range expansions of C jacchus and C penicillata; (3) anthropogenic hybridization; and (4) epizootic Yellow Fever and Zika viral outbreaks. A number of Brazilian legal and conservation initiatives are now in place to protect the threatened aurita group and increase research about them. Due to their small size and rapid life history, marmosets are prized biomedical models. As a result, there are increasingly sophisticated genomic Callithrix resources We provide here a current overview of marmoset (Callithrix) evolution, hybridization, species biology, basic/biomedical research, and conservation initiatives. Composed of 2 subgroups, the aurita group (C aurita and C flaviceps) and the jacchus available and burgeoning marmoset functional, immuno-, and epigenomic research. In both the laboratory and the wild, marmosets have given us insight into cognition, social group dynamics, human disease, and pregnancy. Callithrix jacchus and C penicillata are emerging neotropical primate models for arbovirus disease, including Dengue and Zika.Wild marmoset populations are helping us understand sylvatic transmission and human spillover of Zika and Yellow Fever viruses. All of these factors are positioning marmosets as preeminent models to facilitate understanding of facets of evolution, hybridization, conservation, human disease, and emerging infectious diseases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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