Cheirogaleidae

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Ancient DNA from Megaladapis edwardsi. 
  • Ancient single origin for Malagasy primates. 
  • Assessing the utility of whole genome amplified DNA for next-generation molecular ecology. 
  • Body Mass and Tail Girth Predict Hibernation Expression in Captive Dwarf Lemurs. 
  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Pheromone Receptor Class 1 Family (V1R) Reveals Extreme Complexity in Mouse Lemurs (Genus, Microcebus) and a Chromosomal Hotspot across Mammals. 
  • Comparative functional analysis of skull morphology of tree-gouging primates. 
  • Comparison of likelihood and Bayesian methods for estimating divergence times using multiple gene Loci and calibration points, with application to a radiation of cute-looking mouse lemur species. 
  • Concatenation and concordance in the reconstruction of mouse lemur phylogeny: an empirical demonstration of the effect of allele sampling in phylogenetics. 
  • Conservation genomic analysis reveals ancient introgression and declining levels of genetic diversity in Madagascar's hibernating dwarf lemurs. 
  • Cryptic Patterns of Speciation in Cryptic Primates: Microendemic Mouse Lemurs and the Multispecies Coalescent. 
  • Delimiting species without nuclear monophyly in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. 
  • Ecology and morphology of mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) in a hotspot of microendemism in northeastern Madagascar, with the description of a new species. 
  • Forelimb and hindlimb forces in walking and galloping primates. 
  • Functional and evolutionary aspects of axial stability in euarchontans and other mammals. 
  • Gene Expression Profiling in the Hibernating Primate, Cheirogaleus Medius. 
  • Gene flow happens. 
  • Geogenetic patterns in mouse lemurs (genus Microcebus) reveal the ghosts of Madagascar's forests past. 
  • Hybrid de novo genome assembly and centromere characterization of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus). 
  • Incongruence between genetic and morphological diversity in Microcebus griseorufus of Beza Mahafaly. 
  • Lemur habitat and dental senescence in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. 
  • Living in tiny fragments: a glimpse at the ecology of Goodman's mouse lemurs (Microcebus lehilahytsara) in the relic forest of Ankafobe, Central Highlands, Madagascar. 
  • Multilocus coalescent analyses reveal the demographic history and speciation patterns of mouse lemur sister species. 
  • Multiple nuclear loci reveal patterns of incomplete lineage sorting and complex species history within western mouse lemurs (Microcebus). 
  • On the modulation and maintenance of hibernation in captive dwarf lemurs. 
  • Pedigree-based and phylogenetic methods support surprising patterns of mutation rate and spectrum in the gray mouse lemur. 
  • Population genomic structure in Goodman's mouse lemur reveals long-standing separation of Madagascar's Central Highlands and eastern rainforests. 
  • RADseq Data Suggest Occasional Hybridization between Microcebus murinus and M. ravelobensis in Northwestern Madagascar. 
  • RADseq data reveal a lack of admixture in a mouse lemur contact zone contrary to previous microsatellite results. 
  • Relative position of the Cheirogaleidae in strepsirhine phylogeny: a comparison of morphological and molecular methods and results. 
  • Seasonal variation in body mass and locomotor kinetics of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius). 
  • Species delimitation in lemurs: multiple genetic loci reveal low levels of species diversity in the genus Cheirogaleus. 
  • Species discovery and validation in a cryptic radiation of endangered primates: coalescent-based species delimitation in Madagascar's mouse lemurs. 
  • Substrate alters forelimb to hindlimb peak force ratios in primates. 
  • The effect of body mass and diet composition on torpor patterns in a Malagasy primate (Microcebus murinus). 
  • The relationship of sleep with temperature and metabolic rate in a hibernating primate. 
  • The utility of PacBio circular consensus sequencing for characterizing complex gene families in non-model organisms. 
  • Transcriptomics in the wild: Hibernation physiology in free-ranging dwarf lemurs. 
  • Underground hibernation in a primate. 
  • Variation in gut microbiome structure across the annual hibernation cycle in a wild primate. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Yoder, Anne Daphne, Braxton Craven Distinguished Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Duke Science & Society