scholarly journals Analysis of wild macaque stone tools used to crack oil palm nuts

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 171904 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Proffitt ◽  
V. L. Luncz ◽  
S. Malaivijitnond ◽  
M. Gumert ◽  
M. S. Svensson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Crack Open ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Use Wear ◽  
Nut Cracking ◽  
Initial Description

The discovery of oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ) nut-cracking by wild long-tailed macaques ( Macaca fascicularis ) is significant for the study of non-human primate and hominin percussive behaviour. Up until now, only West African chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes verus ) and modern human populations were known to use stone hammers to crack open this particular hard-shelled palm nut. The addition of non-habituated, wild macaques increases our comparative dataset of primate lithic percussive behaviour focused on this one plant species. Here, we present an initial description of hammerstones used by macaques to crack oil palm nuts, recovered from active nut-cracking locations on Yao Noi Island, Ao Phang Nga National Park, Thailand. We combine a techno-typological approach with microscopic and macroscopic use-wear analysis of percussive damage to characterize the percussive signature of macaque palm oil nut-cracking tools. These artefacts are characterized by a high degree of battering and crushing on most surfaces, which is visible at both macro and microscopic levels. The degree and extent of this damage is a consequence of a dynamic interplay between a number of factors, including anvil morphology and macaque percussive techniques. Beyond the behavioural importance of these artefacts, macaque nut-cracking represents a new target for primate archaeological investigations, and opens new opportunities for comparisons between tool using primate species and with early hominin percussive behaviour, for which nut-cracking has been frequently inferred.

scholarly journals Food hardness and stone tool weight in wild primate nut-cracking

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Haslam
Keyword(s):  
Pan Troglodytes ◽  
Macaca Fascicularis ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Stone Tool ◽  
Pan Troglodytes Verus ◽  
Crack Open ◽  
Hardness Curve ◽  
Species Overlap ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Nut Cracking

AbstractThis study presents data on average stone tool weights and the hardness of foods processed by the three known stone-tool-using primate species: Burmese long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis aurea), bearded capuchins (Sapajus libidinosus) and Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus). Each of these primates uses stone hammers to crack open nuts in the wild, making them suitable for inter-species behavioural comparison. This work draws on published results to identify a distinct difference in the tool weight/food hardness curve between chimpanzees and the two monkey taxa, with the latter reaching an asymptote in mean tool weight of just over 1 kg regardless of increasing food hardness. In contrast, chimpanzees rapidly increase their tool weight in response to increasing hardness, selecting average masses over 5 kg to process the hardest nuts. Species overlap in their preference for tools of 0.8-1 kg for opening foods of hardness 2-3 kN, suggesting that this conjunction may represent a primate stone-tool-use optimum.

scholarly journals Oxytocin and vasotocin receptor variation sheds light into the evolution of human prosociality

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantina Theofanopoulou ◽  
Alejandro Andirkó ◽  
Cedric Boeckx ◽  
Erich D. Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Balancing Selection ◽  
Modern Human ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
Social Traits ◽  
Pathogenicity Prediction ◽  
Vasopressin Receptors ◽  
Specific Variation ◽  
Major Allele

AbstractModern human lifestyle strongly depends on complex social traits like empathy, tolerance and cooperation. These diverse facets of social cognition have been associated with variation in the oxytocin receptor (OTR) and its sister genes, the vasotocin/vasopressin receptors (VTR1A/AVPR1A and AVPR1B/VTR1B). Here, we compared the full genomic sequences of these receptors between modern humans, archaic humans, and 12 non-human primate species, and identified sites that show heterozygous variation in modern humans and archaic humans distinct from variation in other primates, and that have associated literature. We performed variant clustering, pathogenicity prediction, regulation, linkage disequilibrium frequency and selection analyses on data in different modern-human populations. We found five sites with modern human specific variation, where the modern human allele is the major allele in the global population (OTR: rs1042778, rs237885, rs6770632; VTR1A: rs10877969; VTR1B: rs33985287). Among them, the OTR-rs6770632 was predicted to be the most functional. We found two sites where alleles (OTR: rs59190448 and rs237888)1 present only in modern humans and archaic humans are under positive selection in modern humans, with rs237888 predicted to be a highly functional site. We identified three sites of convergent evolution between modern humans and bonobos (OTR: rs2228485 and rs237897; VTR1A: rs1042615), with OTR-rs2228485 ranking very highly in terms of functionality and being under balancing selection in modern humans. Our findings shed light on evolutionary questions of modern human and hominid prosociality, as well as on similarities in the social behavior between modern humans and bonobos.

Effect of chemicals on disintegration of the operculum in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) seeds for early germination

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-485
Author(s):  
G. Ravichandran ◽  
P. Murugesan ◽  
P. Naveen Kumar ◽  
R.K. Mathur ◽  
D. Ramajayam
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Early Germination

The chitinase activity of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) roots against fungal endophytes and pathogenic Ganoderma boninense

Plant Omics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (05) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yurnaliza ◽  
◽  
Rizkita Rachmi Esyanti ◽  
Agus Susanto ◽  
I Nyoman Pugeg Aryantha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Fungal Endophytes ◽  
Chitinase Activity ◽  
Ganoderma Boninense ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis Jacq

LEGITIMACY OF PROGENIES USING SSR MARKERS AS CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND EARLIER SELECTION IN THE OIL PALM NURSERY (Elaeis guineensis JACQ.)

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
Rokhana Faizah ◽  
Sri Wening ◽  
Abdul Razak Purba
Keyword(s):  
Dna Fingerprinting ◽  
Ssr Markers ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Dna Markers ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Gene Marker ◽  
Controlling System ◽  
Crossing Probability ◽  
Simple Sequence

Information of legitimacy of oil palm progenies is important to guaranty the quality and to control commercial seeds procedures. A true and legitimate cross will produce progeny which has a combination of their parent's allele. The information could be obtained early in the nursery stage through DNA fingerprinting analysis. Simple Sequence Repeats (SSR) is one of DNA markers used for DNA fingerprinting, since the marker system has advantages to acquire information of allele per individual in population and efficiency diverse allele of progeny and their parents. The aim of the research is to obtain legitimacy of 12 progenies analyzing in the oil palm nursery stage. Thirteen SSR markers were used to analyze 12 crossings number of oil palm. The genotypes data by alleles of SSR inferred and quantified using Gene Marker® Software version 2.4.0 Soft Genetics® LLC and analyzed based on Mendel's Law of Segregation. The result showed based on heredity pattern of progeny and their parent's allele that progenies H were indicated genetically derived from their known parents while progenies from A and G indicated as illegitimate crossing. Probability value for legitimacy of progenies of 9 other crosses has 0.031 and 0.5. Legitimacy analysis of progeny using SSR markers could be used to control the quality of crossing material and earlier selection in the oil palm nursery.

scholarly journals EgJUB1 and EgERF113 transcription factors as potential master regulators of defense response in Elaeis guineensis against the hemibiotrophic Ganoderma boninense

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurshafika Mohd Sakeh ◽  
Siti Nor Akmar Abdullah ◽  
Mohammad Nazri Abdul Bahari ◽  
Azzreena Mohamad Azzeme ◽  
Noor Azmi Shaharuddin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Defense Response ◽  
Fungal Pathogen ◽  
Defense Mechanism ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Expression Profiles ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Ganoderma Boninense ◽  
Cell Wall Modification

Abstract Background Hemibiotrophic pathogen such as the fungal pathogen Ganoderma boninense that is destructive to oil palm, manipulates host defense mechanism by strategically switching from biotrophic to necrotrophic phase. Our previous study revealed two distinguishable expression profiles of oil palm genes that formed the basis in deducing biotrophic phase at early interaction which switched to necrotrophic phase at a later stage of infection. Results The present report is a continuing study from our previous published transcriptomic profiling of oil palm seedlings against G. boninense. We focused on identifying differentially expressed genes (DEGs) encoding transcription factors (TFs) from the same RNA-seq data; resulting in 106 upregulated and 108 downregulated TFs being identified. The DEGs are involved in four established defense-related pathways responsible for cell wall modification, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated signaling, programmed cell death (PCD) and plant innate immunity. We discovered upregulation of JUNGBRUNNEN 1 (EgJUB1) during the fungal biotrophic phase while Ethylene Responsive Factor 113 (EgERF113) demonstrated prominent upregulation when the palm switches to defense against necrotrophic phase. EgJUB1 was shown to have a binding activity to a 19 bp palindromic SNBE1 element, WNNYBTNNNNNNNAMGNHW found in the promoter region of co-expressing EgHSFC-2b. Further in silico analysis of promoter regions revealed co-expression of EgJUB1 with TFs containing SNBE1 element with single nucleotide change at either the 5th or 18th position. Meanwhile, EgERF113 binds to both GCC and DRE/CRT elements promoting plasticity in upregulating the downstream defense-related genes. Both TFs were proven to be nuclear-localized based on subcellular localization experiment using onion epidermal cells. Conclusion Our findings demonstrated unprecedented transcriptional reprogramming of specific TFs potentially to enable regulation of a specific set of genes during different infection phases of this hemibiotrophic fungal pathogen. The results propose the intricacy of oil palm defense response in orchestrating EgJUB1 during biotrophic and EgERF113 during the subsequent transition to the necrotrophic phase. Binding of EgJUB1 to SNBE motif instead of NACBS while EgERF113 to GCC-box and DRE/CRT motifs is unconventional and not normally associated with pathogen infection. Identification of these phase-specific oil palm TFs is important in designing strategies to tackle or attenuate the progress of infection.

scholarly journals Genetic diversity in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) using RAM (Random Amplified Microsatellites)

Bragantia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-556
Author(s):  
Christian Camilo Castañeda Cardona ◽  
Yacenia Morillo Coronado ◽  
Ana Cruz Morillo Conronado ◽  
Iván Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Diversity ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis Jacq

Quantitative trait loci for yield components in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)

2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (8) ◽  
pp. 1302-1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Rance ◽  
S. Mayes ◽  
Z. Price ◽  
P. L. Jack ◽  
R. H. V. Corley
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Trait Loci ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis ◽  
Trait Loci ◽  
Elaeis Guineensis Jacq
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