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The Duke Lemur Center mourns the passing of Dr. Oliver Sacks. He was a remarkable man with a profound appreciation of the “interconnectedness of all living things”, and he loved lemurs in particular. Our deepest sympathies go out to his partner, Billy Hayes, and to all those who knew and loved him. We grieve with you. Image: Oliver Sacks with Pia, a Coquerel’s sifaka, and DLC Director Anne Yoder. By Anne Yoder, Director of the Duke Lemur Center (2007-2017).
Hibernation is an adaptive strategy some mammals use to survive highly seasonal or unpredictable environments. We present the first investigation on the transcriptomics of hibernation in a natural population of primate hibernators: Crossley's dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus crossleyi).
Many studies have demonstrated the effects of host diet on gut microbial membership, metagenomics, and fermentation individually; but few have attempted to interpret the relationship among these biological phenomena with respect to host features (e.g. gut morphology). We quantitatively compare the fecal microbial communities, metabolic pathways, and fermentation products associated with the nutritional intake of frugivorous (fruit-eating) and folivorous (leaf-eating) lemurs.
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