Inferring Host Range Dynamics from Comparative Data: The Protozoan Parasites of New World Monkeys

2014 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Waxman ◽  
Lucy A. Weinert ◽  
John J. Welch
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
New World ◽  
Comparative Data ◽  
New World Monkeys ◽  
Protozoan Parasites ◽  
Range Dynamics

scholarly journals DNA Polymerase Sequences of New World Monkey Cytomegaloviruses: Another Molecular Marker with Which To Infer Platyrrhini Systematics

2018 ◽  
Vol 92 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha James ◽  
Damien Donato ◽  
Jean-François Pouliquen ◽  
Manuel Ruiz-García ◽  
Anne Lavergne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Host Range ◽  
Dna Polymerase ◽  
New World ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
New World Monkeys ◽  
Polymerase Gene ◽  
Evolutionary Processes ◽  
Genus Level

ABSTRACTOver the past few decades, a large number of studies have identified herpesvirus sequences from many mammalian species around the world. Among the different nonhuman primate species tested so far for cytomegaloviruses (CMVs), only a few were from the New World. Seeking to identify CMV homologues in New World monkeys (NWMs), we carried out molecular screening of 244 blood DNA samples from 20 NWM species from Central and South America. Our aim was to reach a better understanding of their evolutionary processes within the Platyrrhini parvorder. Using PCR amplification with degenerate consensus primers targeting highly conserved amino acid motifs encoded by the herpesvirus DNA polymerase gene, we characterized novel viral sequences from 12 species belonging to seven genera representative of the three NWM families. BLAST searches, pairwise nucleotide and amino acid sequence comparisons, and phylogenetic analyses confirmed that they all belonged to theCytomegalovirusgenus. Previously determined host taxa allowed us to demonstrate a good correlation between the distinct monophyletic clades of viruses and those of the infected primates at the genus level. In addition, the evolutionary branching points that separate NWM CMVs were congruent with the divergence dates of their hosts at the genus level. These results significantly expand our knowledge of the host range of this viral genus and strongly support the occurrence of cospeciation between these viruses and their hosts. In this respect, we propose that NWM CMV DNA polymerase gene sequences may serve as reliable molecular markers with which to infer Platyrrhini phylogenetics.IMPORTANCEInvestigating evolutionary processes between viruses and nonhuman primates has led to the discovery of a large number of herpesviruses. No study published so far on primate cytomegaloviruses has extensively studied New World monkeys (NWMs) at the subspecies, species, genus, and family levels. The present study sought to identify cytomegalovirus homologues in NWMs and to decipher their evolutionary relationships. This led us to characterize novel viruses from 12 of the 20 primate species tested, which are representative of the three NWM families. The identification of distinct viruses in these primates not only significantly expands our knowledge of the host range of this viral genus but also sheds light on its evolutionary history. Phylogenetic analyses and molecular dating of the sequences obtained support a virus-host coevolution.

Host range studies of GB virus-B hepatitis agent, the closest relative of hepatitis C virus, in New World monkeys and chimpanzees

2001 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 694-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Bukh ◽  
Carl L. Apgar ◽  
Sugantha Govindarajan ◽  
Robert H. Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Host Range ◽  
New World ◽  
New World Monkeys

scholarly journals Fetal globin expression in New World monkeys.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (47) ◽  
pp. 30298
Author(s):  
Robert M. Johnson ◽  
Steven Buck ◽  
Chi-hua Chiu ◽  
Horacio Schneider ◽  
Iracilda Sampaio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New World Monkeys

New World Monkeys

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Carl Hartwig ◽  
Alfred L Rosenberger
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New World Monkeys

Adrenergic retinal neurons of some new world monkeys

1969 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 364-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Ehinger ◽  
B. Falck
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New World Monkeys ◽  
Retinal Neurons

New World Monkeys and Color

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 729-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald H. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
New World Monkeys

Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift.

1982 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Michael J. Novacek ◽  
Russell L. Chiochon ◽  
A. Brunetto Chiarelli
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
New World ◽  
Continental Drift ◽  
New World Monkeys
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