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Pyrosequencing as a method for SNP identification in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)Jessica A Satkoski
Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, USA
BMC Genomics 9:256. 2008..To that end, we tested a combination of methods to identify large numbers of high-confidence SNPs, and screen those with high minor allele frequencies (MAF)...
Distribution of mtDNA haplogroup X among Native North AmericansD G Smith
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 110:271-84. 1999....
Mitochondrial DNA variation within and among regional populations of longtail macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in relation to other species of the fascicularis group of macaquesDavid Glenn Smith
Molecular Anthropology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Primatol 69:182-98. 2007..Rhesus macaques from China were more closely related to both Taiwanese and Japanese macaques than to their own conspecifics from India...
Mitochondrial DNA variation in Chinese and Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)David Glenn Smith
Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
Am J Primatol 65:1-25. 2005....
Implications of the distribution of Albumin Naskapi and Albumin Mexico for new world prehistoryD G Smith
Department of Anthropology, University of California at Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 111:557-72. 2000..AL*Mexico probably originated in Mexico before 3,000 years BP then spread northward along the Tepiman corridor together with cultural influences to several unrelated groups that participated in the Hohokam culture...
Additional highly polymorphic microsatellite (STR) loci for estimating kinship in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)D G Smith
Department of Anthropology, California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
Am J Primatol 50:1-7. 2000..An even greater number of hypervariable STR loci might be required to distinguish between half-sib and full-sib pairs in most rhesus populations...
Genetic characterization of Indian-origin and Chinese-origin rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)David Glenn Smith
MolecularAnthropology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology and California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Comp Med 55:227-30. 2005..The expression of diagnostic traits at two or more of four different unlinked loci provides a nearly 100% reliability in distinguishing rhesus macaques of Indian and Chinese origin...
Genetic analysis of early holocene skeletal remains from Alaska and its implications for the settlement of the AmericasBrian M Kemp
Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235 7703, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 132:605-21. 2007..In addition, this individual's Y-chromosome belongs to haplogroup Q-M3*, placing a minimum date of 10,300 years ago for the emergence of this haplogroup...
Patterns of mtDNA diversity in northwestern North AmericaRipan S Malhi
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Hum Biol 76:33-54. 2004..Overall, the mtDNA pattern in the Northwest suggests significant amounts of gene flow among Northwest Coast, Columbia Plateau, and Great Basin populations...
Effects of geographic origin on captive Macaca mulatta mitochondrial DNA variationSreetharan Kanthaswamy
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
Comp Med 54:193-201. 2004....
Asymmetric male and female genetic histories among Native Americans from Eastern North AmericaDeborah A Bolnick
Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
Mol Biol Evol 23:2161-74. 2006..Finally, this study addresses long-standing questions about the history of Iroquoian populations by suggesting that the ancestral Iroquoian population lived in southeastern North America...
Using ancient mtDNA to reconstruct the population history of northeastern North AmericaBeth Alison Schultz Shook
Department of Anthropology, California State University Chico, Chico, CA 95929, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 137:14-29. 2008..However, genetic drift has also been a significant force, and together with a major population crash after European contact, has altered haplogroup frequencies and caused the loss of many haplotypes...
Developmental validation of short tandem repeat reagent kit for forensic DNA profiling of canine biological materialMelody Dayton
Department of Anthropology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Croat Med J 50:268-85. 2009..To develop a reagent kit that enables multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of 18 short tandem repeats (STR) and the canine sex-determining Zinc Finger marker...
Canine population data generated from a multiplex STR kit for use in forensic caseworkSree Kanthaswamy
California National Primate Research Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Forensic Sci 54:829-40. 2009..Results herein support the use of the allele frequency data with the canine STR multiplex for conveying the significance of identity testing for forensic casework, parentage testing, and breed assignments...
Genetic variation at the TNF-alpha promoter and malaria susceptibility in rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and long-tailed (Macaca fascicularis) macaquesShannon Flynn
Graduate Group in Ecology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Infect Genet Evol 9:769-77. 2009..fascicularis. Polymorphisms in the human ortholog of the TNF-alpha promoter which are known to be associated with malaria susceptibility in humans were not shared with macaques...
Genetic characterization of specific pathogen-free rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) populations at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC)Sree Kanthaswamy
California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, CA 95616, USA
Am J Primatol 72:587-99. 2010..Together with demographic management, population genetic assessments of SPF colonies can curtail excessive phenotypic variation among the study stocks and facilitate successful production goals...
Inferring Pongo conservation units: a perspective based on microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analysesSreetharan Kanthaswamy
California National Primate Research Center and the Department of Anthropology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Primates 47:310-21. 2006..Because the mtDNA of Bornean and Sumatran orangutans are not strictly reciprocally monophyletic, we recommend treating these populations as separate MUs and discontinuing inter-island translocation of animals unless absolutely necessary...
Characterization of opsin gene alleles affecting color vision in a wild population of titi monkeys (Callicebus brunneus)John A Bunce
Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, California, USA
Am J Primatol 73:189-96. 2011....
Microsatellite markers for standardized genetic management of captive colonies of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)Sreetharan Kanthaswamy
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, California 95616, USA
Am J Primatol 68:73-95. 2006..We then assessed the effectiveness of these loci for providing high probabilities of individual identification and parentage resolution, and for estimating population genetic parameters that are useful for genetic management...
Use of bleach to eliminate contaminating DNA from the surface of bones and teethBrian M Kemp
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Forensic Sci Int 154:53-61. 2005....
Mitochondrial DNA and prehistoric settlements: native migrations on the western edge of North AmericaJason A Eshleman
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Hum Biol 76:55-75. 2004....
Unexpected patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation among Native Americans from the southeastern United StatesDeborah A Bolnick
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 122:336-54. 2003....
Polymorphism in the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) NRAMP1 gene: lack of an allelic association to tuberculosis susceptibilityAmos S Deinard
School of Veterinary Medicine, and Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis 95616, USA
J Med Primatol 31:8-16. 2002..These data represent the first study designed to examine the role that NRAMP1 may play in TB susceptibility among rhesus macaques...
Forensic utility of the mitochondrial hypervariable region 1 of domestic dogs, in conjunction with breed and geographic informationAndrea L Himmelberger
Graduate Group in Forensic Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
J Forensic Sci 53:81-9. 2008..A 60-bp variation "hotspot" within the canid HV1 was identified as a potentially valuable molecular tool, particularly for assaying limited or degraded DNA samples...
Haplotypic background of a private allele at high frequency in the AmericasKari B Schroeder
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Mol Biol Evol 26:995-1016. 2009....
Evaluating the Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis with genetic variation exhibited by populations in the Southwest and MesoamericaBrian M Kemp
Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164 4910, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:6759-64. 2010....
Distribution of Y chromosomes among native North Americans: a study of Athapaskan population historyRipan Singh Malhi
Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, IL 61801, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 137:412-24. 2008....
The structure of diversity within New World mitochondrial DNA haplogroups: implications for the prehistory of North AmericaRipan S Malhi
Department of Human Genetics, 3726 Medical Science II, University of Michigan, 1301 E Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0618, USA
Am J Hum Genet 70:905-19. 2002..The hypervariability and reticulation preclude the use of estimates of genetic diversity within haplogroups to argue for the number of migrations to the Americas...
Brief communication: Haplogroup X confirmed in prehistoric North AmericaRipan S Malhi
Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0618, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 119:84-6. 2002..The presence of haplogroup X in prehistoric North America, along with recent findings of haplogroup X in southern Siberians, confirms the hypothesis that haplogroup X is a founding lineage...
Assessment of genetic management at three specific-pathogen-free rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) coloniesSreetharan Kanthaswamy
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa 52246, USA
Comp Med 52:414-23. 2002..These processes are accelerated by the high variances in male reproductive success and low adult sex ratios that are typical of captive rhesus macaque breeding groups, both of which reduce the effective population sizes of these groups...
Population subdivision and gene flow among wild orangutansSreetharan Kanthaswamy
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52246, USA
Primates 43:315-27. 2002..Our data suggests that there may be at least two subspecific clades of orangutans within Borneo while Central Kalimantan animals may have become more genetically related to animals in Sumatra due to human intervention...
Native American mtDNA prehistory in the American SouthwestRipan S Malhi
Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 120:108-24. 2003..Southern Athapaskans probably experienced a bottleneck followed by extensive admixture during the migration to their current homeland in the Southwest...
Mitochondrial population genomics supports a single pre-Clovis origin with a coastal route for the peopling of the AmericasNelson J R Fagundes
Faculdade de Biociencias, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91619 900, Brazil
Am J Hum Genet 82:583-92. 2008..These results support a pre-Clovis occupation of the New World, suggesting a rapid settlement of the continent along a Pacific coastal route...
Evolutionary and biomedical insights from the rhesus macaque genomeRichard A Gibbs
Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Science 316:222-34. 2007..The complete description of the macaque genome blueprint enhances the utility of this animal model for biomedical research and improves our understanding of the basic biology of the species...
Genetic characterization of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in NepalRandall C Kyes
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
Am J Primatol 68:445-55. 2006..As such, the Nepali rhesus may offer an additional resource option for researchers who wish to maintain research protocols with animals that possess key genetic features characteristic of Indian-origin rhesus macaques...
Research Grants
- GENETIC MANAGEMENT OF ANIMAL COLONIESDavid Smith; Fiscal Year: 2007....
