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Deus C. Mjungu

The Jane Goodall Institute

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Animal Behavior & Cognition· 1 Evolutionary Biology· 1

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Organism:chicken / avian· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Socially integrated female chimpanzees have lower offspring mortality

Joseph T. Feldblum, Kara K. Walker, Margaret A. Stanton, Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Deus C. Mjungu, Carson M. Murray, Anne E. Pusey

This study finds that socially integrated female chimpanzees have higher offspring survival rates, even when living with non-kin.

iScience · Jun 9, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Genes Affecting Vocal and Facial Anatomy Went Through Extensive Regulatory Divergence in Modern Humans

David Gokhman, Malka Nissim‐Rafinia, Lily Agranat-Tamir, Genevieve Housman, Raquel García-Pérez, Esther Lizano, Olivia Cheronet, Swapan Mallick, María A. Nieves-Colón, Heng Li, Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg, Mario Novak, Hongcang Gu, Jason M. Osinski, Manuel Ferrando-Bernal, , Liran Carmel

The paper identifies extensive methylation changes in genes related to facial and vocal anatomy in modern humans compared to ancient humans and chimpanzees.

Nature Communications · Mar 4, 2020Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology