High impact information on Papio anubis

• In an ongoing study of endocrine function in wild olive baboons living freely in Kenya, sustained social stress was associated with suppressed testosterone (T) concentrations in males [1].
• However, in the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) and olive baboon (Papio anubis), a novel class Ia-related locus has been described [2].
• Study subjects were a population of male olive baboons living freely in a national reserve in East Africa, which could be anesthetized under conditions allowing for determination of basal cortisol concentrations [3].
• Cluster analysis revealed 4 genetically distinct groups, namely O. bifurcum from the Patas monkey (I), from the Mona monkey (II), from humans (III) and from the Olive baboon (IV) [4].
• Similar testing of 155 sera from olive baboons of Ethiopia revealed no clearly positive sera [5].

Associations of Papio anubis with chemical compounds

• The glycoprotein B gene homologue from an olive baboon CMV isolate (BaCMV OCOM4-37) was identified, cloned and sequenced [6].
• The absorption and metabolism of clofibride, a new hypolipaemic drug of p-chlorophenoxyisobutyric type, were investigated in the CD rat, the beagle and the olive baboon monkey [7].
• In order to induce PCT production, we treated four olive baboons ( papio cynocephalus anubis) with the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from s. typhimurium [8].
• Relative taste preferences were stable across the concentrations tested and indicate an order of relative effectiveness (sucrose > polycose > or = maltose) in squirrel monkeys, spider monkeys, and olive baboons that is similar to the order of relative sweetness in humans [9].

Gene context of Papio anubis

• Cluster analysis of the RAPD data (based on pairwise comparison of banding profiles) showed that O. bifurcum from humans was genetically distinct from O. bifurcum from the Mona and Patas monkeys, and from the Olive baboon [10].

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