An Introduction to the Callithrix Genus and Overview of Recent Advances in Marmoset Research
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
34933341
DOI
10.1093/ilar/ilab027
PII: 6474502
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Brazil, arbovirus, biological invasion, biomedical, callitrichid, conservation, endangered, hybridization, neotropical, pathogen,
- MeSH
- Callithrix genetics MeSH
- Genomics MeSH
- Hybridization, Genetic MeSH
- Zika Virus Infection * MeSH
- Zika Virus * MeSH
- Yellow Fever * MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Brazil MeSH
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 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 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.
Centro de Conservação dos Saguis da Serra Federal University of Viçosa Viçosa Minas Gerais Brazil
Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga UNIVASF Petrolina Pernambuco Brazil
Centro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro Guapimirim Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology University of Vienna Vienna Austria
Department of Biology Federal Rural University of Pernambuco Recife Brazil
Department of Forest Engineering Federal University of Viçosa Viçosa Minas Gerais Brazil
Department of Genetics Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Department of Psychology University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha Nebraska USA
Department of Zoology Faculty of Science University of South Bohemia České Budějovice Czechia
Department of Zoology Federal University of Pernambuco Recife Pernambuco Brazil
Genetic Medicine University of Chicago Chicago Illinois USA
Human Genome Sequencing Center Baylor College of Medicine Houston Texas USA
Institute of Humanities Arts and Sciences Federal University of Southern Bahia Itabuna Bahia Brazil
Post Graduate Program in Animal Biology Federal University of Viçosa Viçosa Minas Gerais Brazil
Science and Mathematics Texas A and M University San Antonio San Antonio Texas USA
Texas Biomedical Research Institute Southwest National Primate Research Center San Antonio Texas USA
Veterinary Care Guarulhos Municiple Zoo Guarulhos São Paulo Brazil
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