Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Shuzhen Zou, Tingting Yuan, Tan Lu, Jiayu Yan, Di Kang, Dayong Li
Summary: From the perspective of interactions in the human-animal-ecosystem, the study and control of pathogenic bacteria that can cause disease in animals and humans is the core content of One Health. This study used golden snub-nosed monkeys as sentinel animals to test the effect of human disturbance on the health risk of pathogenic antibiotic-resistant bacteria (PARBs) to wild animals and the transfer risk of PARBs from wild animals to humans. The findings showed that human disturbance increased the pathogenicity of PARBs to golden snub-nosed monkeys, and PARBs in golden snub-nosed monkeys exhibited resistance to certain antibiotics.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tiantian Wang, Yuchen Kong, He Zhang, Yuhang Li, Rong Hou, Derek W. Dunn, Xiduo Hou, Kang Huang, Baoguo Li
Summary: Through studying the alarm calls of golden snub-nosed monkeys, we found that they use deceptive alarms to gain access to food resources, with adult females being more likely to use this strategy. The monkeys increase their response to alarm calls when food competition is high, but we found no evidence of any counter-deception behaviors.
Article
Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Yunting Wang, Xuanyi Yang, Mingyi Zhang, Huijuan Pan
Summary: Environmental shifts and dietary habits can directly impact the gut microbiota of animals. This study compared the gut microbiota of captive and wild golden snub-nosed monkeys using non-invasive sampling and 16S rRNA Pacbio SMAT sequencing technology. The results showed differences in alpha and beta diversity between captive and wild populations, with captive monkeys having less beneficial and more potentially pathogenic bacteria. The differences in fiber intake were identified as the main reason for the variations in gut microbiota between captive and wild monkeys. Carbohydrate metabolism was found to be the most significant functional pathway affected by captivity. The findings highlight the potential impact of diet changes on the health of captive golden snub-nosed monkeys and provide suggestions for their feeding.
Article
Zoology
Hui Yao, Yanpei Bai, Yuan Chen, Haochun Chen, Wanji Yang, Xiangdong Ruan, Zuofu Xiang
Summary: Research suggests that colobine monkeys mainly disperse small seeds through potential endozoochory, especially seeds from multi-seeded fruits, which enhances plant recruitment by promoting seedling growth.
INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Pei Zhang, Bingyi Zhang, Derek W. Dunn, Xiaoyue Song, Kang Huang, Shixuan Dong, Fei Niu, Meijing Ying, Yingying Zhang, Yixin Shang, Ruliang Pan, Baoguo Li
Summary: Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are important for immunocompetence in vertebrates and influence female mate choice in wild golden snub-nosed monkeys. MHC dissimilarity is favored for social choice, while intermediate MHC dissimilarity is favored for paternal choice. Social mates prefer MHC heterozygotes and higher microsatellite diversity, while paternal mates prefer higher microsatellite diversity. The formation of male-female social pairings is predicted by compatibility based on MHC sharing, but genetic effects do not impact the duration of pairings or the likelihood of producing offspring.
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Li Xi, Jincheng Han, Xiaohui Wen, Longfei Zhao, Xinxi Qin, Shengjun Luo, Dianhong Lv, Shuai Song
Summary: This study compared the gut microbiota of three species of snub-nosed monkeys under captive conditions and found that host species are associated with the composition and function of the gut microbiota.
FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Wancai Xia, Fan Wang, Dali Wang, Xiaoqin Zeng, Chan Yang, Ali Krzton, Baoping Ren, Dayong Li
Summary: This study observed the dispersal behavior of a group of Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys and found differences in dispersal paths, ages, and patterns between males and females. The preference for different dispersal types suggests that Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys may retain a loose matrilineal social system.
Article
Zoology
Xi Yang, Carol M. Berman, Hanyu Hu, Rong Hou, Kang Huang, Xiaowei Wang, Haitao Zhao, Chengliang Wang, Baoguo Li, Pei Zhang
Summary: Female golden snub-nosed monkeys prefer prime aged males, who have more females as mates and engage in extra-unit copulations more frequently. However, females use different strategies when choosing social mates and extra-unit mates.
Article
Zoology
Shixuan Dong, Bingyi Zhang, Kang Huang, Meijing Ying, Jibing Yan, Fei Niu, Hanyu Hu, Derek W. Dunn, Yi Ren, Baoguo Li, Pei Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the genetic diversity and population differentiation of the endangered golden snub-nosed monkey endemic to China. The results suggest that both genetic drift and balancing selection contribute to genetic variation and differentiation in the monkey populations.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Weiwei Fu, Chengliang Wang, Yi Ren, Yan Wang, Mingwen Qiao, Xiaowei Wang, Baoguo Li
Summary: The study investigated tail wrapping laterality in golden snub-nosed monkeys and found differences in wrapping direction between resting and climbing, with no significant sex differences. These findings suggest potential cerebral asymmetries in tail-wrapping control in Old World primates.
Article
Microbiology
Mingpu Qi, Qiankun Wang, Yu Wang, Yingyu Chen, Changmin Hu, Wanji Yang, Feng Wu, Tianpeng Huang, Ali Sobhy Dawood, Muhammad Zubair, Xiang Li, Jianguo Chen, Ian Duncan Robertson, Huanchun Chen, Aizhen Guo
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the infection status of potential pathogens in golden snub-nosed monkeys. It was found that some pathogens such as Macacine herpesvirus-1, Golden snub-nosed monkey cytomegalovirus, Simian foamy virus, and Hepatitis A virus are present in the wild golden snub-nosed monkey population. The seroprevalence of MaHV-1 infection was significantly associated with old age.
Article
Ecology
Rong Hou, Colin A. Chapman, Jessica M. Rothman, He Zhang, Kang Huang, Songtao Guo, Baoguo Li, David Raubenheimer
Summary: The study utilized the nutritional geometry framework to investigate the response of golden snub-nosed monkeys to resource variation. Despite differences in resource availability, captive and wild populations showed marked similarities in nutrient intake, suggesting homeostatically regulated nutritional targets may play a role.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Pengzhen Huang, Gu Fang, Julie A. Teichroeb, Endi Zhang, Min Chen
Summary: This study investigated the affiliation hypothesis and the needing to learn hypothesis for same-sex mounts in captive golden snub-nosed monkeys. The results showed that grooming-based affiliation did not predict the occurrence of mounts, but mounting duration and pelvic thrusting frequency increased with age, supporting the needing to learn hypothesis. Juvenile mounters were also more likely to groom the mountees, suggesting a mutual learning opportunity.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Bin Yang, James R. Anderson, Ni-Na Gou, Jun Luo, Bo Hong, Wei-Wei Fu, Yong-Feng Chen, Wei-Feng Wang, Bao-Jia Cao, Shi-Yu Chen, Kai-Feng Wang, Bao-Guo Li
Summary: Based on four confirmed or suspected instances of leopard predation on Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys, we suggest that the evolution of a multilevel society in these monkeys may be an adaptive response to the risk from leopards and other potential predators, balancing the pressures of predation and intra-species competition and conflict.
Article
Zoology
Pengzhen Huang, Kun Bian, Zhipang Huang, Qi Li, Derek W. Dunn, Gu Fang, Jiahui Liu, Mengyao Wang, Xianfeng Yang, Ruliang Pan, Cunlao Gao, Kaichuang Si, Baoguo Li, Xiaoguang Qi
Summary: This study used satellite telemetry to monitor the elevational ranges favored by endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys in the Qinling Mountains, central China. The research found that human activity and ecological constraints have considerable effects on the elevational use of these monkeys.
INTEGRATIVE ZOOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jie Gao, Masaki Tomonaga
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Xieshun Wang, Xinyue Yang, Yiwen Sun, Yanjie Su
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jin Liu, Siyuan Shang, Meng Pei, Yanjie Su
Summary: Research suggests that maternal care instinct may mediate the effect of oxytocin receptor gene on empathy, revealing the mechanism behind empathy emergence when witnessing another person in pain.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Yang Hao, Skylar Hong, Yanjie Su
Summary: The study shows that children in East Asia tend to downplay their own merit by concealing their good deeds, which is seen as modest behavior. There is a transition from self-promoting to self-deprecating behavior between 5-6-year-olds and 7-8-year-olds, indicating that children in this age group gradually exhibit reputation-managing behaviors in social situations.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Yiyi Wang, Skylar Hong, Meng Pei, Xiaonan Wang, Yanjie Su
Summary: The study found that children's polite lie-telling is positively related to emotional theory of mind, but not to other cognitive factors. Additionally, it was unexpectedly discovered that children's polite lie-telling decreases with age, which may be explained by the development of moral evaluations of polite lie-telling.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Jie Gao, Ikuma Adachi, Masaki Tomonaga
Summary: This study investigated chimpanzee body representation and found that chimpanzees show more interest in strange body parts.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Jibo He, Xiang Zheng, Mingchun Liu, Yu Du, Guanglin Liu, Jingmeng Cui, Yanjie Su
Summary: This study explores the existence and extent of reciprocity in college teaching, with a dataset from ratemyprofessor.com. The results indicate that reciprocity exists in different forms to varying degrees, with teaching style being beneficial for the shift from a teacher-centered approach to a student-centered approach, while reciprocity in grading and course difficulty may impair teaching effectiveness.
ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zhong Zheng, Shihuan Gao, Yanjie Su, Yulu Chen, Xieshun Wang
Summary: This study found a negative correlation between pupil dilation caused by cognitive load and flight ability and training success, suggesting that it can serve as a potential indicator for pilot selection.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Zan Liu, Ye Hong, Yanjie Su
Summary: This study found that children are capable of experiencing both emotional and behavioral regret, but they are more sensitive to the former. The children exhibited higher regret sensitivity to missed opportunities rather than to losses. Emotional regret and behavioral regret may have distinct developmental trajectories and adaptive significance.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Family Studies
Yue Lin, Yanjie Su
Summary: This study investigated the association between sleep and mind wandering in early adolescents, and found that emotional symptoms and executive function mediate this association. Furthermore, the mediating effect of emotional symptoms in the link between sleep quality and mind wandering was significant among boys.
JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON ADOLESCENCE
(2023)
Review
Psychology
Yiyi Wang, Paul L. Harris, Meng Pei, Yanjie Su
Summary: This review aims to summarize and discuss the influence of morality on empathy, as previous discussions mainly focused on the influence of empathy on moral cognition and behavior, with limited attention to the reverse influence of morality on empathy. The review draws together scattered studies to illustrate the influence of targets' moral characteristics on empathy. To explain why empathy is morally selective, the ultimate cause of increasing survival rates and five proximate causes based on similarity, affective bonds, the appraisal of deservingness, dehumanization, and potential group membership are discussed. Three different pathways (automatic, regulative, and mixed) are considered to explain how empathy becomes morally selective based on previous findings. Finally, future directions including the reverse influence of selective empathy on moral cognition, the moral selectivity of positive empathy, and the role of selective empathy in selective helping and third-party punishment are discussed.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jingmeng Cui, Meng Pei, Yanjie Su
Summary: This research aimed to investigate gender-related preferences of youths with different sexual orientations and examine the effects of gender role and sexual attraction. The findings showed that sexual orientation has a strong impact on the gender composition of youths' friendships, and sexual minorities should be given more attention in this field.
PSYCHOLOGY & SEXUALITY
(2022)
Article
Communication
Yiling Wu, Xiaonan Wang, Skylar Hong, Min Hong, Meng Pei, Yanjie Su
Summary: The study found that the way social short-form video platforms are used and the type of video content watched are related to individuals' subjective well-being. Passive use predicted reduced life satisfaction and positive affect, while active use predicted enhanced life satisfaction. Adolescents in China spent more time watching Entertainment/Relaxation-themed videos compared to young adults.
PSYCHOLOGY OF POPULAR MEDIA
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Xieshun Wang, Yanjie Su, Meng Pei, Min Hong
Summary: This study found that self-other control (SOC) is crucial for the development of theory of mind (ToM) in adolescents and young adults, while inhibitory control (IC) only influences false-belief inference in participants with higher SOC.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Zhiqiang Yan, Meng Pei, Yanjie Su
Summary: The study found that inhibitory control and working memory were related to preschool children's empathy for pain and moderated the effect of physical cues on empathy for pain. Children with higher inhibitory control and working memory showed greater differences in empathy for different cue types, while attention partially mediated the roles of inhibitory control and working memory in this process.
EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE
(2021)
