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Phenotypic and genotypic disparity in Sri Lankan primates: Dissecting a species from its morphology, ecology, parasites and genes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26440258
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Physical anthropology
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Huffman Michael A  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (10335242)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 川本 芳  京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (00177750)
Research Collaborator NAHALLAGE Charmalie AD  スリランカのスリジャエデネプラ大学, 人類学教室, 教授
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywordsphylogeny / speciation / phenotypic traits / genotypic variation / toque macaque / purple face langur / grey langur / Sri Lanka / genotypic vartiation / phylogeography
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this research is to reassess sub-species classifications of the toque macaque and langur species, based on our recently discovered disparities between their phenotypic and genotypic traits. Across altitudes ranging 2 to 2129 m asl, a clear variation in toque macaque tail length was found. This variation did not strictly fall along putative sub-species lines, but rather is better interpreted as a species level adaptation to altitude and thermoregulation according to Allan’s Rule. New primers were made for mtDNA sequencing by taking the interference caused by nuclear mitochondrial DNA into consideration and are being used to assess langur sub-species differences.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (6 results) Journal Article (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Sri Jayewardenepura(Sri Lanka)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Tribhuvan University(Nepal)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institute for Advanced Studies(India)

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Sri Jayawardenepura(Sri Lanka)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] National Institute for Advanced Studies(India)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Tribhuvan University(Nepal)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Molecular features of hookworm larvae (Necator spp.) raised by coproculture from Ugandan chimpanzees and Gabonese gorillas and humans.2017

    • Author(s)
      Hasegawa H, Shigyo M, Yanai Y, McLennan MR, Fujita S, Makouloutou P, Tsuchida S, Ando C, Sato H, Huffman MA
    • Journal Title

      Parasitology International

      Volume: 66 Issue: 2 Pages: 12-15

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.parint.2016.11.003

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Strongyloides Infections of Humans and Great Apes in Dzanga-Sangha Protected Areas, Central African Republic and in Degraded Forest Fragments in Bulindi, Uganda.2016

    • Author(s)
      Hasegawa, H, Kalousova, B, McLennan, MR, Modry D, Profousova-Psenkova I, Shutt-Phillips KA, Todd A, Huffman MA, Petrzelkova KJ
    • Journal Title

      Parasitology International

      Volume: 65 Issue: 5 Pages: 367-370

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.parint.2016.05.004

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Genetic characteristics of Assamese macaques at Chunzom in West Bhutan. In: Ecology, morphology and genetic study of Assamese macaque (Macaca assamensis): A pilot study to mitigate human-wildlife conflict in Western Bhutan2016

    • Author(s)
      Kawamoto Y, Oi T, Chijiiwa A, Hamada Y, Chhetri P B, Wangda P, Norbu T, Rubgay K, Dorji R, Sherabla, Tenzin K
    • Journal Title

      Renewable Natural Resources Research and Development Centre, Yusipang, Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan

      Volume: 0 Pages: 55-71

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] An SNP marker at the STAT6 locus can identify the hybrids between rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and long-tailed macaques (M. fascicularis) in Thailand: a rapid and simple screening method and its application.2016

    • Author(s)
      Jadejaroen J, Kawamoto Y, Hamada Y, Malaivijitnond S
    • Journal Title

      Primates

      Volume: 57 Issue: 1 Pages: 93-102

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10329-015-0502-2

    • NAID

      40020724316

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Molecular identification of Oesophagostomum spp. from ‘village’ chimpanzees in Uganda and their phylogenetic relationship with those of other primates.2015

    • Author(s)
      Ota N, Hasegawa H, McLennan MR, Kooriyama T, Sato H, Pebsworth PA, Huffman MA.
    • Journal Title

      Royal Society Open Science

      Volume: 2: 150471 Issue: 11 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1098/rsos.150471

    • NAID

      120006311884

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Maxillary sinus variation in hybrid macaques: implications for the genetic basis of craniofacial pneumatization.2015

    • Author(s)
      Ito T, Kawamoto Y, Hamada Y, Nishimura T
    • Journal Title

      Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

      Volume: 115 Issue: 2 Pages: 333-347

    • DOI

      10.1111/bij.12528

    • NAID

      130005471918

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Use of photogrammetry as a means to assess hybrids of rhesus (Macaca mulatta) and long-tailed (M. fascicularis) macaques2015

    • Author(s)
      J Jadejaroen, Y Hamada, Y Kawamoto, S Malaivijitnond
    • Journal Title

      Primates

      Volume: 56 Issue: 1 Pages: 77-88

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10329-014-0450-2

    • NAID

      40020351823

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Detection of Plasmodium knowlesi DNA in the urine and faeces of a Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) over the course of an experimentally induced infection2014

    • Author(s)
      Kawai S, Sato M, Kato-Hayashi S, Kishi H, Huffman M, Maeno Y, Culleton R, Nakazawa S
    • Journal Title

      Malaria Journal

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 373-373

    • DOI

      10.1186/1475-2875-13-373

    • NAID

      120006986377

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] DNA from Pre-Erythrocytic Stage Malaria Parasites is Detectable by PCR in the Faeces and Blood of Hosts2014

    • Author(s)
      Abkallo HM, Liu W, Hokama S, Ferreira PE, Nakazawa S, Maeno, Y., Quang, N. T., Kaneko, O., Huffman, M.A., Kawai, S., Marchand, R. P., Carter, R., B.H., Hahn and Culleton, R
    • Journal Title

      International Journal For Parasitology

      Volume: (In Press) Issue: 7 Pages: 467-473

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.03.002

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The relationship between tail length and elevation in toque macaques (Macaca sinica) in the natural habitat: using quick non-invasive method for measuring body to tail proportions.2016

    • Author(s)
      Huffman MA, Kumara R, Nahallage CAD, Kawamoto Y, Jayaweera PM
    • Organizer
      Asian Primate Symposium 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Mt. Lavina Hotel, Colombo Sri Lanka
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Genetic structure of island populations of crab-eating macaques in Indonesia and Japanese macaques2015

    • Author(s)
      Kawamoto Y
    • Organizer
      International Seminar: “Nonhuman Primates in Biology, Conservation and Biomedical Research” in Indonesia
    • Place of Presentation
      Bogor, Indonesia
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-31
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] The Evolution of Self-Medication in Primates from a Cross Taxa Comparative Perspective2015

    • Author(s)
      M.A. Huffman
    • Organizer
      European Federation for Primatology
    • Place of Presentation
      Science Department, Roma Tre University, Rome Italy
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-25
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The ‘grey zone’ of langur phylogeography in Sri Lanka2015

    • Author(s)
      M.A. Huffman, Y. Kawamoto, C.A.D. Nahallage, R. Kumara, T. Shotake
    • Organizer
      Primate Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Clock Tower Centennial Hall Building
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] First report on the white morph western purple-faced leaf langur (Trachypithecus vetulus nestor) in Sri Lanka2015

    • Author(s)
      C.A.D. Nahallage, M.A. Huffman, R. Kumara
    • Organizer
      Primate Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University, Clock Tower Centennial Hall Building
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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