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How we came to our senses: dietary ecology and primate sensory evolution

Description: Cebus; Dietary ecology; Euarchonta; Field primatology; Genomics; Molecular genetics; Niche divergence; Primate evolution; Sensory ecology
Amount: CA$38,000
Funding type: research
Funder scheme: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
Start date: 2021-04-01
End date: 2022-03-31
Investigator: Amanda Melin
Institution: University of Calgary
Funded outputs count: 33
Funder award ID: rgpin-2017-03782
OpenAlex ID: G5261800174
Genetic and behavioural repertoires support olfactory communication in wild capuchin monkeys
2026 · MS Akhtar, NK Kulick, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
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Multiscale structural evolution of proline-rich protein genes shapes primate salivary defenses
2026 · William D Aguado, Charikleia Karageorgiou, et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution
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Non‐Invasive Measures of DNA Methylation Capture Molecular Aging in Wild Capuchin Monkeys
2026 · Baptiste Sadoughi, Raquel Hernández‐Rojas, et al. · Molecular Ecology
Ecological and methodological insights from genetic and coprological profiling of gastrointestinal communities in wild howler monkeys
2026 · Silvia Carboni, Colin Macfarland, et al. · Scientific Reports
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Sources of Variation in Fecal Haptoglobin in a Population of Wild Capuchin Monkeys ( Cebus imitator )
2026 · Raquel Hernández‐Rojas, Hadjira Hamou, et al. · American Journal of Primatology
Responses to Scent Marks in a Wild Group of Leontocebus Weddelli : Insights for Sexual Communication
2026 · Silvia Carboni, Tyler R. Bonnell, et al. · American Journal of Primatology · 1
Microbial Contributions to Primate Reproduction
2026 · Silvia Carboni, Abigail E. Asangba, et al. · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · 1
Relaxation of selective constraint on the sweet-taste receptor gene TAS1R2 in lorisiform primates
2025 · Qinyuan Ji, Min Hou, et al. · Scientific Reports
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The Scent Gland Microbiomes of Wild Tamarins Provide New Insight Into Microbial Contributions to Olfactory Communication
2025 · Silvia Carboni, Alice C. Poirier, et al. · Ecology and Evolution · 4
Non-invasive measures of DNA methylation capture molecular aging in wild capuchin monkeys
2025 · B Sadoughi, R Hernández-Rojas, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 1
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Cost-effective solutions for high-throughput enzymatic DNA methylation sequencing
2025 · Amy Longtin, Marina M. Watowich, et al. · PLoS Genetics · 13
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Wild chimpanzees share fermented fruits
2025 · Anna C. Bowland, Elena Bersacola, et al. · Current Biology · 9
Behavioral diversity and agonism are higher in larger groups among wild Costa Rican capuchins
2025 · Shasta E Webb, Silvia Carboni, et al. · Behavioral Ecology · 1
Droplet Digital PCR Provides Highly Sensitive and Accurate Opsin Gene SNP Detection From Wild Primate Fecal Samples
2025 · Arthur G. Fernandes, Saúl Cheves Hernández, et al. · Ecology and Evolution · 1
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Monkeys Swimming Across Rivers Refine Questions About the Riverine Barrier Hypothesis
2025 · Mary S. M. Pavelka, Shannon Holland, et al. · American Journal of Primatology · 5
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The evolutionary ecology of ethanol
2024 · Anna C. Bowland, Amanda D. Melin, et al. · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 24
Wild capuchin monkeys as a model system for investigating the social and ecological determinants of ageing
2024 · Fernando A. Campos, Eva C. Wikberg, et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 14
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Contributions and future potential of animal models for geroscience research on sensory systems
2024 · Arthur G. Fernandes, Alice C. Poirier, et al. · GeroScience · 4
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Lamina Cribrosa Microstructure in Nonhuman Primates With Naturally Occurring Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning
2024 · Palaiologos Alexopoulos, Arthur G. Fernandes, et al. · Translational Vision Science & Technology · 4
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Smell throughout the life course
2024 · Alice C. Poirier, Amanda D. Melin · Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews · 12
Reduction of bitter taste receptor gene family in folivorous colobine primates relative to omnivorous cercopithecine primates
2024 · Min Hou, Muhammad Shoaib Akhtar, et al. · Primates · 5
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Sensory collectives in natural systems
2023 · Hannah J Williams, Vivek H Sridhar, et al. · eLife · 17
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Does colour vision type drive dietary and nutritional niche differentiation in wild capuchins (Cebus imitator)?
2023 · Allegra N. DePasquale, Jeremy D. Hogan, et al. · Animal Behaviour · 4
Picking pithy plants: Pith selectivity by wild white‐faced capuchin monkeys, Cebus imitator
2023 · Allegra N. DePasquale, Alice C. Poirier, et al. · American Journal of Primatology · 2
Assessing color cues of development, breeding status and reproductive condition in captive golden lion tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)
2023 · Lais A. A. Moreira, Carrie Merrigan‐Johnson, et al. · American Journal of Primatology · 1
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