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4. The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome

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Yates, James A. Fellows, Velsko, Irina M., Aron, Franziska, Posth, Cosimo, Hofman, Courtney A., Austin, Rita M., Parker, Cody E., Mann, Allison E., Nägele, Kathrin, Arthur, Kathryn Weedman, Arthur, John W., Bauer, Catherine C., Crevecoeur, Isabelle, Cupillard, Christophe, Curtis, Matthew C., Dalén, Love, Bonilla, Marta Díaz-Zorita, Fernández-Lomana, J. Carlos Díez, Drucker, Dorothée G., Escrivá, Elena Escribano, Francken, Michael, Gibbon, Victoria E., Morales, Manuel R. González, Mateu, Ana Grande, Harvati, Katerina, Henry, Amanda G., Humphrey, Louise, Menéndez, Mario, Mihailovic, Dušan, Peresani, Marco, Morodera, Sofía Rodríguez, Roksandic, Mirjana, Rougier, Hélène, Sázelová, Sandra, Stock, Jay T., Straus, Lawrence Guy, Svoboda, Jiří, Teßmann, Barbara, Walker, Michael J., Power, Robert C., Lewis, Cecil M., Sankaranarayanan, Krithivasan, Guschanski, Katerina, Wrangham, Richard W., Dewhirst, Floyd E., Salazar-García, Domingo C., Krause, Johannes, Herbig, Alexander, and Warinner, Christina

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2021

12. Biocultural perspectives on bioarchaeological and paleopathological evidence of past pandemics.

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Zuckerman, Molly K., Tribble, Anna Grace, Austin, Rita M., DeGaglia, Cassandra M. S., and Emery, Taylor

Subjects
JIM Crow laws, PANDEMICS, PHYSICAL anthropology, RACE, OLDER patients, INFLUENZA pandemic, 1918-1919
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Objectives: Pandemics have profoundly impacted human societies, but until relatively recently were a minor research focus within biological anthropology, especially within biocultural analyses. Here, we explore research in these fields, including molecular anthropology, that employs biocultural approaches, sometimes integrated with intersectionality and ecosocial and syndemic theory, to unpack relationships between social inequality and pandemics. A case study assesses the 1918 influenza pandemic's impacts on the patient population of the Mississippi State Asylum (MSA). Materials and Methods: We survey bioarchaeological and paleopathological literature on pandemics and analyze respiratory disease mortality relative to sex, age, and social race amongst patient deaths (N = 2258) between 1912 and 1925. Logistic regression models were used to assess relationships between cause of death and odds of death during the pandemic (1918–1919). Results: Findings include substantial respiratory mortality during the pandemic, including from influenza and influenza syndemic with pneumonia. Older patients (40–59 years, 60+ years) had lower odds (p < 0.01) of dying from respiratory disease than younger patients, as did female patients compared to males (p < 0.05). Age patterns are broadly consistent with national and state trends, while elevated mortality amongst Black and/or African American patients may reflect intersections between gender roles and race‐based structural violence in the Jim Crow South. Discussion: Future work in biological anthropology on past pandemics may benefit from explicit incorporation of biocultural frameworks, intersectionality, and ecosocial and syndemic theory. Doing so enables holistic analyses of interactions between social context, social inequality and pandemic outcomes, generating data informative for public health responses and pandemic preparedness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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13. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Galápagos sea lion, Zalophus wollebaeki (Carnivora, Otariidae): paratype specimen confirms separate species status

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Austin, Rita M., Eriksen, Pia Merete, and Bachmann, Lutz

Subjects
Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Zalophus wollebaeki, mitogenome, Sarcopterygii, Eutheria, Carnivora, Amniota, Biota, museomics, Caniformia, Gnathostomata, Osteichthyes, Theria, Mammalia, Animalia, Zalophus, type sequencing, Chordata, unique species, Otariidae, integrative taxonomy
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The endangered Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) inhabits the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. We present a complete mitochondrial genome (16 465 bp) of a female paratype from the collections of the Natural History Museum Oslo, Norway, assembled from next-generation sequencing reads. It contains all canonical protein-coding, rRNA, tRNA genes, and the D-loop region. Sequence similarity is 99.93% to a previously published conspecific mitogenome sequence and 99.37% to the mitogenome sequence of the sister species Z. californianus. Sequence similarity of the D-loop region of the Z. wollebaeki paratype mitogenome is >99%, while the sequence difference to the Z. californianus sequences exceeds 2.5%. The paratype mitogenome sequence supports the taxonomic status of Z. wollebaeki as a separate species.

Published
2023

16. The evolution and changing ecology of the African hominid oral microbiome

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Fellows Yates, James A., primary, Velsko, Irina M., additional, Aron, Franziska, additional, Posth, Cosimo, additional, Hofman, Courtney A., additional, Austin, Rita M., additional, Parker, Cody E., additional, Mann, Allison E., additional, Nägele, Kathrin, additional, Arthur, Kathryn Weedman, additional, Arthur, John W., additional, Bauer, Catherine C., additional, Crevecoeur, Isabelle, additional, Cupillard, Christophe, additional, Curtis, Matthew C., additional, Dalén, Love, additional, Díaz-Zorita Bonilla, Marta, additional, Díez Fernández-Lomana, J. Carlos, additional, Drucker, Dorothée G., additional, Escribano Escrivá, Elena, additional, Francken, Michael, additional, Gibbon, Victoria E., additional, González Morales, Manuel R., additional, Grande Mateu, Ana, additional, Harvati, Katerina, additional, Henry, Amanda G., additional, Humphrey, Louise, additional, Menéndez, Mario, additional, Mihailović, Dušan, additional, Peresani, Marco, additional, Rodríguez Moroder, Sofía, additional, Roksandic, Mirjana, additional, Rougier, Hélène, additional, Sázelová, Sandra, additional, Stock, Jay T., additional, Straus, Lawrence Guy, additional, Svoboda, Jiří, additional, Teßmann, Barbara, additional, Walker, Michael J., additional, Power, Robert C., additional, Lewis, Cecil M., additional, Sankaranarayanan, Krithivasan, additional, Guschanski, Katerina, additional, Wrangham, Richard W., additional, Dewhirst, Floyd E., additional, Salazar-García, Domingo C., additional, Krause, Johannes, additional, Herbig, Alexander, additional, and Warinner, Christina, additional

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2021
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20. Pandemics' historical role in creating inequality

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Dávalos, Liliana M., primary, Austin, Rita M., additional, Balisi, Mairin A., additional, Begay, Rene L., additional, Hofman, Courtney A., additional, Kemp, Melissa E., additional, Lund, Justin R., additional, Monroe, Cara, additional, Mychajliw, Alexis M., additional, Nelson, Elizabeth A., additional, Nieves-Colón, Maria A., additional, Redondo, Sergio A., additional, Sabin, Susanna, additional, Tsosie, Krystal S., additional, and Yracheta, Joseph M., additional

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2020
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23. Complete mitochondrial genome of the Galápagos sea lion, Zalophuswollebaeki (Carnivora, Otariidae): paratype specimen confirms separate species status.

Author

Austin RM, Eriksen PM, and Bachmann L

Abstract

The endangered Galápagos sea lion ( Zalophuswollebaeki ) inhabits the Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. We present a complete mitochondrial genome (16 465 bp) of a female paratype from the collections of the Natural History Museum Oslo, Norway, assembled from next-generation sequencing reads. It contains all canonical protein-coding, rRNA, tRNA genes, and the D-loop region. Sequence similarity is 99.93% to a previously published conspecific mitogenome sequence and 99.37% to the mitogenome sequence of the sister species Z.californianus . Sequence similarity of the D-loop region of the Z.wollebaeki paratype mitogenome is >99%, while the sequence difference to the Z.californianus sequences exceeds 2.5%. The paratype mitogenome sequence supports the taxonomic status of Z.wollebaeki as a separate species., Competing Interests: No conflict of interest was declared., (Rita M. Austin, Pia Merete Eriksen, Lutz Bachmann.)

Published
2023
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24. Opinion: To curate the molecular past, museums need a carefully considered set of best practices.

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Austin RM, Sholts SB, Williams L, Kistler L, and Hofman CA

Subjects
Anthropology methods, Attitude, Computational Biology legislation & jurisprudence, Computational Biology methods, Humans, Science legislation & jurisprudence, Science methods, Anthropology legislation & jurisprudence, Body Remains chemistry, Museums legislation & jurisprudence
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Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Published
2019
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