A Metagenomic Study of Primate Insect Diet Diversity

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 622-631

  Pickett, Sarah B ^a   Bergey, Christina M ^a,b   Di Fiore, Anthony ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CONSORTIUM IN EVOLUTIONARY PRIMATOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary ecology; Metagenomics; Neotropical primates

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTHROPOD; CYTOCHROME; DIET; FECES; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENOMICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PRIMATE; SAMPLING; STOMACH CONTENT; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; INSECT; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYRRHINI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CYTOCHROMES B; DIET; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLATYRRHINI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AMAZONIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELES SP.; CYRILLA; HAPLORHINI; HEXAPODA; PRIMATES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 84861579330     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22014     Document Type: Article

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