Nancy Ma's night monkey explained

Nancy Ma's night monkey (Aotus nancymaae) is a night monkey species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru. The species is named after Dr. Nancy Shui-Fong Ma.[1]

It is known in medical research as a model organism for studying the Duffy antigen. Nancy Ma's night monkeys have also been found to have an evolutionary pattern change in the hormone oxytocin. It was believed that all placental mammals had the same OXT amino acid chain until the discovery of a change in this New World monkey and others.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-02-16 . Nancy Ma’s Night Monkey, Aotus nancymaae New England Primate Conservancy . 2023-01-29 . neprimateconservancy.org . en-US.
  2. Vargas-Pinilla. Pedro. Paixão-Côrtes. Vanessa Rodrigues. Paré. Pamela. Tovo-Rodrigues. Luciana. Vieira. Carlos Meton de Alencar Gadelha. Xavier. Agatha. Comas. David. Pissinatti. Alcides. Sinigaglia. Marialva. Rigo. Maurício Menegatti. Vieira. Gustavo Fioravanti. 2014-12-22. Evolutionary pattern in the OXT-OXTR system in primates: Coevolution and positive selection footprints. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112. 1. 88–93. 10.1073/pnas.1419399112. 25535371. 4291646. 0027-8424. free.

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