Saguinus oedipus is the scientific name of the cotton-top tamarin. As mentioned previously, the name means swollen-footed in Greek but does not appear to be based on the actual physical characteristics of the species. What fruit does cotton-top tamarin eat? The cotton-top tamarin isn’t picky...
oedipus . Thus, it seems that Saoe-Mhc-N4 is an inactivated gene or a pseudogene which has been originated by the common process of duplication and subsequent inactivation of MHC class I loci in this primate species. The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I genes encode cell surface...
While marmosets and tamarins inhabit Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Panama, the two species most commonly used in biomedical research, the cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) and the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus), are native to northwestern Colombia and northeastern Brazil, respectively. Fewer...
The involvement of parents and siblings in infant care in similarly composed groups of common marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) and cotton-top tamarins ( Saguinus oedipus ) was compared during the infants' first 8 weeks of life. The results indicate an earlier infant independence in C. jacchus ...