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Scientists unveil gibbon genome, reveal secrets of our endangered ape relatives

Posted: September 12, 2014 at 6:43 am

Washington Gibbons - the small, long-armed tree swingers that inhabit the dense tropical forests of Southeast Asia - have become the last of the planet's apes to have their genetic secrets revealed.

"We now have whole genome sequences for all the great apes and, with this work, also the small apes - gibbons," said Jeffrey Rogers, a primate genetics researcher at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.

"This provides new information and insight into the history of the human genome, in evolutionary terms," added Rogers, who participated in the study published in the journal Nature.

Scientists on Wednesday unveiled the genome of gibbons, a close cousin of humans genetically but still the most distantly related to people among the apes.

The study found the genetic underpinning for the fantastic ability of gibbons to swing from tree to tree at speeds of up to 35 mph. It also detected an extraordinary number of structural changes in their DNA. Such changes can be troublesome in other species, including causing cancer in people, but do not seem to have been problematic during the evolution of gibbons.

Among the great apes, the chimpanzee genome was published in 2005, followed by the orangutan in 2011 and the gorilla and the bonobo in 2012.

The gibbon genome fills the gap between Old World Monkeys like macaques and baboons and the great apes, said the study leader, primate genomics expert Lucia Carbone of the Oregon Health & Science University and the Oregon National Primate Research Center.

Carbone said other studies have estimated the gibbon genome as 96 percent similar to people, compared with 98 percent for chimpanzees, our closest ape cousin.

Gibbons are critically endangered. One species, the Hainan gibbon, has only 20 individuals left. Carbone expressed hope the genome will help forge conservation strategies, for instance to assess genetic diversity in wild populations and identify ones that are most at risk.

These omnivores forage for food in the high forest canopy, eating fruit, leaves, bird eggs, insects and birds. Gibbons are monogamous, forming long-term pairs. Individuals from their 19 species range from roughly 11 pounds to 26 pounds.

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Female baboons with male friends live longer

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NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Research has shown strong social relationships -- both with friends and significant others -- to be good for human health. Now a new study shows the same holds true for baboons.

Previous studies have shown same-sex social interaction to have positive impacts on the longevity of rats and dolphins, but the latest research out of Duke University showed the health and life expectancy of female baboons was especially improved by increased interaction, or "social grooming," with male companions.

"Grooming is the baboon equivalent of gossip, or having a good conversation over a cup of coffee," Duke researcher and study co-author, Susan Alberts, explained in a press release.

Alberts and her colleagues -- including study co-author Jenny Tung -- observed the social behaviors of some 200 wild female baboons living in the plains of southern Kenya. They estimated long-term sociability by measuring how often each female partook in social grooming sessions relative to rest of the troop.

The researchers found that more sociable females were likely to live two to three years longer than their less-friendly female peers. As the reason why, Alberts surmised: "Males' larger size may make them better than females at defending their friends against potential bullies."

The study also found that while older females begin interacting less and less with other females, their male friendships remain constant.

"When females get older, many of their female peers start to pass away, and their daughters become tied up with their own infants, leaving less time for social interaction," Alberts said. "It suggests that social isolation isn't an inevitable part of aging, but instead may simply be a consequence of declines in potential friends' availability."

The study was published this week in the journal the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

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French visit clears Dapto schoolgirl's skin condition

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Sept. 11, 2014, 9:30 p.m.

Bleach baths, bandages, bleeding - eczema has been more than just an itch for Dapto schoolgirl Holly Collins.

Six-year-old Holly Collins, official Eczema Awareness Week ambassador. Picture: ROBERT PEET

Bleach baths, bandages, bleeding - eczema has been more than just an itch for Dapto schoolgirl Holly Collins.

But the six-year-old, who is the face of this year's Eczema Awareness Week, has been able to start school without her full-body bandages thanks to a life-changing trip to the south of France.

There really must be something in the water at the Avene Hydrotherapy Centre near Montpellier where the local spring water was used to treat Holly's severe atopic eczema.

"She was always itchy, her skin was always weeping and bleeding, she was kept awake at night.''

Her mother, Julie, said the treatment had meant her little girl could live a normal life.

"Before the trip she had to constantly wear wet bandages all over her body which needed to be changed at least a dozen times in a 24-hour period," Mrs Collins said.

"She was always itchy, her skin was always weeping and bleeding, she was kept awake at night.

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THE mum of a baby suffering from eczema has launched a campaign to promote awareness over a 'miracle' cream which quickly eased his condition.

Parents Emma and Damien Postlethwaite went searching for answers after son Austin, who was born last November, suffered so badly his skin peeled off.

Following a visit to London-based consultant dermatologist Dr Aron, the couple were prescribed a cream made up of antibiotics and steroids.

Although it's not a permanent cure for eczema, the cream helped soften Austin's skin and leave it free of the condition.

Emma said: "I really feel that we have the eczema under control now thanks to Dr Aron."

To read Emma's blog about Austin's condition visit http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk.

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