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Variation in the same gene affects rate of parasite infection in both humans and baboons
June 25, 2009Duke researchers connect important genetic variation to malaria resistance
Researchers at the Duke University Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy have found that variation in the same gene in humans and baboons produces the same kind of disease resistance. The findings were published in the June 24 online edition of the journal Nature.
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), lead authors Gregory Wray, Susan Alberts and Jenny Tung drew on Alberts' longtime study of the yellow baboons in Kenya's Amboseli National Park to examine the baboons' susceptibility to a malaria-like parasite and to delve into the genetic basis for differences in the baboons' vulnerability to infection.
Graduate student Jenny Tung did field work over three summers in the East African savannah as part of her doctoral dissertation project, discovering that 60 percent of the Amboseli baboons were infected with the malaria-like parasite.
"It's exciting that this work includes a doctoral dissertation project," said Jean Turnquist, NSF program officer. "These researchers have made a very significant discovery that can only come from this kind of longterm study. It's a great example of seeing the connections between evolutionary genomics and disease susceptibility and resistance."
National Science Foundation
"It's exciting that this work includes a doctoral dissertation project," said Jean Turnquist, NSF program officer. "These researchers have made a very significant discovery that can only come from this kind of longterm study. It's a great example of seeing the connections between evolutionary genomics and disease susceptibility and resistance."
National Science Foundation
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Vaccine Blocks Malaria Transmission in Lab Experiments
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have for the first time produced a malarial protein (Pfs48/45) in the proper conformation and quantity to generate a significant immune response in mice and non-human primates for use in a potential transmission-blocking vaccine.
Close social ties make baboons better mothers, study finds
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Smart and social?
Packs of hunting dogs, troops of baboons, herds of antelope: when people observe social animals, they are often struck by how intelligent they seem, and recent studies suggest that sociality has played a key role in the evolution of larger brain size among several orders of mammals.
Scatological clues lead to an intimate view
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Psychological Study Reveals That Red Enhances Men
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Ancient lemur's little finger poses mystery
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