How Aging Affects Grasping Behavior and Pull Strength in Captive Gray Mouse Lemurs (Microcebus murinus)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10764-017-0001-y
Abstract: Prehension is essential for animal survival and fitness. It is involved in locomotion and feeding behavior and subject to physical and physiological constraints. Studies of prehension in primates have explored the importance of food properties… read more here.
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The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) as a model for early primate brain evolution
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DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2021.09.012
Abstract: The gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus), one of the world's smallest primates, is thought to share a similar ecological niche and many anatomical traits with early euprimates. As a result, it has been considered a… read more here.
Keywords: early primate; primate; gray mouse; model ... See more keywords
Pedigree-based and phylogenetic methods support surprising patterns of mutation rate and spectrum in the gray mouse lemur.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41437-021-00446-5
Abstract: Mutations are the raw material on which evolution acts, and knowledge of their frequency and genomic distribution is crucial for understanding how evolution operates at both long and short timescales. At present, the rate and… read more here.
Keywords: rate spectrum; mutation rate; gray mouse; rate ... See more keywords
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Gray Mouse Lemur (Microcebus murinus) as a Model for the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms and Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia
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DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01291
Abstract: To face the load of the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease in the aging population, there is an urgent need to develop more translatable animal models with similarities to humans in both the symptomatology and physiopathology… read more here.
Keywords: mouse lemur; gray mouse; lemur microcebus; mouse ... See more keywords