Ancestry, Plasmodium cynomolgi prevalence and rhesus macaque admixture in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) bred for export in Chinese breeding farms

• Main Authors: Xinjun, Zhang, Yuhuan, Meng, Paul, Houghton, Mingyu, Liu, Sreetharan, Kanthaswamy, Robert, Oldt, Jillian, Ng, Jessica, Satkoski Trask, Ren, Huang, Balbir, Singh, Hongli, Du, David, Glenn Smith
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2017
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15630/1/Ancestry%2C%20Plasmodium%20cynomolgi%20prevalence%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/15630/; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314285162_Ancestry_Plasmodium_cynomolgi_prevalence_and_rhesus_macaque_admixture_in_cynomolgus_macaques_Macaca_fascicularis_bred_for_export_in_Chinese_breeding_farms

Background: Most cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) used in the United States as animal models are imported from Chinese breeding farms without documented ancestry. Cynomolgus macaques with varying rhesus macaque ancestry proportions may exhibit differences, such as susceptibility to malar...