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News Release 13-048
Endangered Lemurs' Genomes Sequenced
Three populations of aye-ayes on Madagascar studied
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An aye-aye on Madagascar in its forest habitat; Madagascar forests are in decline.
Credit: Edward Louis, Omaha Zoo
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The aye-aye--a type of lemur--extracts insects from trees, filling the niche of a woodpecker.
Credit: Edward Louis, Omaha Zoo
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Genomes of three populations of aye-ayes were sequenced to help conserve the species.
Credit: Edward Louis, Omaha Zoo
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Aye-ayes in northern Madagascar have "genetic distance" from those in the east and west.
Credit: Edward Louis, Omaha Zoo
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Aye-ayes live only on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar.
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In their research, the scientists compared DNA from aye-ayes to DNA of humans.
Credit: James J. Caras, National Science Foundation
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