Mareike C. Janiak
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Publications

Beck, RMD, de Vries, D, Janiak, MC, Goodhead, IB, & Boubli, JP. Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches. Journal of Human Evolution 174,103293

Chiou, KL, DeCasien, AR, Rees, KP, Testard, C, Spurrell, CH, Gogate, AA, Pliner, HA, Tremblay, S, Mercer, A, Whalen, CJ, Negrón-Del Valle, JE, Janiak, MC, [18 other authors], Platt, ML, & Snyder-Mackler, N. Multiregion transcriptomic profiling of the primate brain reveals signatures of aging and the social environment. Nature Neuroscience 25, 1714–1723.

Melin, AD, Veilleux, CC, Janiak, MC, Hiramatsu, C, Sánchez-Solano, KG, Lundeen, IK, Webb, SE, Williamson, RE, Mah, MA, Murillo-Chacon, E, Schaffner, CM, Hernández-Salazar, L, Aureli, F, & Kawamura, S. Anatomy and dietary specialization influence sensory behaviour among sympatric frugivorous primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289: 2022084.

DeCasien, AR, Trujillo, AE, Janiak, MC, Harshaw, EP, Caes, ZN, Galindo, GA, Petersen, RM, Higham, JP. Megalencephaly-related genes are not associated with primate brain size evolution. Scientific Reports 12: 10902.

Janiak, MC, Silva, FE, Beck, RMD, de Vries, D, Kuderna, LFK, Torosin, NS, Melin, AD, Marques-Bonet, T, Goodhead, I, Messias, M, da Silva, MNF, Sampaio, I, Farias, I, Rossi, R, de Melo, F, Valsecchi, J, Hrbek, T, & Boubli, JP. 205 newly assembled mitogenomes from the speciose Amazonian primates provide mixed evidence for rivers as drivers of speciation. Molecular Ecology 31: 3888-3902.

Munds, RA, Cooper, E, Janiak, MC, Linh Gia Lam, DeCasien, AR, Bauman Surratt, S, Montague, MJ, Martinez, M, Cayo Biobank Research Unit, Kawamura, S, Higham, JP & Melin, AD. (In revision). Variation and heritability of retinal cone ratios in a free-ranging population of rhesus macaques. Evolution 76: 1776-1789.

Silva, FE, do Amaral, JV, Roos, C, Bowler, M, Röhe, F, Sampaio R, Janiak, MC, [7 other authors], Boubli, JP. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao Lesson, 1840 (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 173: 107509.

Chiou, KL, Janiak, MC, [23 other authors], Lu, A, Beehner, JC, Bergman, TJ, & Snyder-Mackler, N. High-altitude adaptation and incipient speciation in geladas. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6: 630-643.

Boubli, JP, Janiak, MC, Porter, L, de la Torre, S, Cortés-Ortiz, L, da Silva, MNF, Rylands, AB, Nash, S, Bertuol, F, Byrne, H, Silva, FE, de Vries, D, Beck, RMD, Ruiz-Gartzia, I, Kuderna, LFK, Marques-Bonet, T, Hrbek, T, Farias, IP, van Heteren, A, & Roos, C. (2021). Ancient DNA of the pygmy marmoset type specimen Cebuella pygmaea (Spix, 1823) resolves a taxonomic conundrum. Zoological Research 42(6): 761-771. Link.

Melin, AD, Orkin, JD, Janiak, MC, [29 other authors], Arora, PS, & Higham, JP. (2021). Variation in predicted COVID-19 risk among lemurs and lorises. American Journal of Primatology 83: e23255. Link.

Janiak, MC, Montague, MJ, Villamil, CI, Stock, MK, Trujillo, AE, DePasquale, AN, Orkin, JD, Bauman Surratt, SE, Gonzalez, O, Platt, ML, Martinez, M, Antón, SC, Dominguez-Bello, MG, Melin, AD, & Higham, JP (2021). Age and sex-associated variation in the multi-site microbiome of an entire social group of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Microbiome 9: 68. Link.

Orkin, JD, Montague, MJ, Tejada-Martinez, D, de Manuel, M, del Campo, J, Cheves Hernandez, S, Di Fiore, A, Fontsere, C, Hodgson, JA, Janiak, MC, Kuderna, LFK, Lizano, E, Pia Martin, M, Niimura, Y, Perry, GH, Soto Valverde, C, Tang, J, Warren, WC, de Magalhães, JP, Kawamura, S, Marquès-Bonet, T, Krawetz, R, & Melin, AD (2021). The genomics of ecological flexibility, large brains, and long lives in capuchin monkeys revealed with fecalFACS. PNAS 118(7): e2010632118. Link.

Melin, AD*, Janiak, MC*, Marrone, F, Arora, PS, & Higham, JP. (2020). Comparative ACE2 variation and primate COVID-19 risk. Communications Biology 3: 641. Link.
*These authors contributed equally.

Janiak, MC, Pinto, S, Duytschaever, G, Carrigan, MA, & Melin, AD. (2020). Genetic evidence of widespread variation in ethanol metabolism among mammals: Revisiting the "myth" of natural intoxication. Biology Letters 16(4): 20200070. Link. 

Janiak, MC, Burrell, AS, Orkin, JD, & Disotell, TR. (2019). Duplication and parallel evolution of the
pancreatic ribonuclease gene (RNASE1) in folivorous non-colobine primates, the howler monkeys (Alouatta spp.). Scientific Reports 9: 20366. Link.

Janiak, MC. (2019). Of Starch and Spit. Insight Article. eLife 8: e47523. Link.

Duytschaever, G, Janiak, MC, Ong, P, Wells, K, Dominy, NJ, & Melin, AD. (2019). Opsin genes of
select treeshrews resolve ancestral character states within Scandentia. Royal Society Open Science 6(4): 182037. Link.

Kries, K, Barros, MAS, Duytschaever, G, Orkin, JD, Janiak, MC, Pessoa, DMA, & Melin, AD. (2018). Independent losses of colour vision in leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae): links to cave roosting and dietary specialization on blood. Molecular Ecology 27(18): 3627-3640. Link. 

Janiak, MC. (2018). No evidence of copy number variation in acidic mammalian chitinase genes
(CHIA) in New World and Old World monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 39(2): 269-284. Link.

Janiak, MC, Chaney, ME, & Tosi, AJ. (2018). Evolution of acidic mammalian chitinase genes (CHIA) is related to body mass and insectivory in primates. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35(3): 607-622.  Link.

Lewis, DMG, Al-Shawaf, L., Janiak, MC, & Akunebu, S. (2018). Integrating molecular genetics and evolutionary psychology: sexual jealousy and the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Personality and Individual Differences 120: 276-282. ​Link. 
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Janiak, MC. (2016). Digestive enzymes of human and non-human primates. Evolutionary Anthropology 25(5): 253-266. Link. 
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Conference Presentations

Janiak, MC, Montague, MJ, …, Melin, AD, Higham, JP. (2020). Age and sex-associated changes in the microbiome of free-ranging rhesus macaques. Poster presentation at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory meeting on Mechanisms of Aging. September 22, 2020. Virtual conference.

Janiak, MC, Boubli, JP, Kuderna, LFK, Rogers, J, Farh, KKH, Kawamura, S, Marques-Bonet, T, Melin, AD. (2020). Primate niches and noses: Olfactory receptor gene variation and diet across the order. Invited presentation at the Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Latin American Society of Primatologists. August 2020. Quito, Ecuador. **Postponed due to COVID-19

​Janiak, MC, Boubli, JP, Kuderna, LFK, Rogers, J, Farh, KKH, Marques-Bonet, T, Melin, AD. (2020). Genomic insights into platyrrhine digestive enzyme evolution. Invited presentation at the Joint Meeting of the International Primatological Society and the Latin American Society of Primatologists. August 2020. Quito, Ecuador. **Postponed due to COVID-19

Janiak, MC, Yang, D, Pinto, SL, Duytschaever, G, Sims, L, Barros, MAS, Pessoa, DMA, Melin, AD. (2020). Dietary adaptation in a diverse order of mammals revealed by digestive enzyme evolution. Poster presentation at the 2020 meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. June 28-July 2, 2020. Quebec City, QB, Canada. **Cancelled due to COVID-19.

Janiak, MC, Montague, MJ, …, Melin, AD, Higham, JP. (2020). Age-associated changes in the microbiome of Rhesus macaques on Cayo Santiago. Invited presentation at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 2020. Los Angeles, CA. **Cancelled due to COVID-19

Janiak, MC, Chiou, KL, Lu, A, Bergman, TJ, Beehner, JC, Snyder-Mackler, N, Melin, AD. (2019).
Digestive and sensory adaptations for the grass-eating niche: Insights from the gelada (Theropithecus gelada) genome. Podium presentation at the 88th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. March 30, 2019. Cleveland, OH.

​Janiak, MC, Chiou, KL, Lu, A, Bergman, TJ, Beehner, JC, Snyder-Mackler, N, Melin, AD. (2019).
Genomic adaptations for digestion, taste, and olfaction in the grass-eating gelada (Theropithecus gelada). Podium presentation at the GfP meeting. February 13-15, 2019. Göttingen, Germany. 

Janiak, MC, Burrell, AS, & Disotell, TR. (2018). The pancreatic ribonuclease gene (RNASE1) in the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata), a folivorous non-colobine primate: Evidence for duplication and convergent evolution. Invited podium presentation at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. July 8-12, 2018. Yokohama, Japan. 

Melin, AD, Kries, K, Barros, MAS, Duytschaever, G, Orkin, J, Janiak, MC, Pessoa, D. (2018). Diet and roosting behavior shape the color vision of leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae). Poster presentation at the 2018 meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. July 8-12, 2018. Yokohama, Japan.

Janiak, MC, Burrell, AS, & Disotell, TR. (2018). Duplication and convergent evolution of the pancreatic ribonuclease gene (RNASE1) in a non-colobine primate, the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). Poster presentation. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 14, 2018. Austin, TX.

Melin, AD, Kries, K, Barros, MAS, Duytschaever, G, Orkin, J, Janiak, MC, Pessoa, D. (2018). Color vision and the ecology of nocturnal mammals: insights from leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae) and primates. Poster presentation. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 14, 2018. Austin, TX.

Burrell, AS, Janiak, MC, Disotell, TR, & Bergey, CM. (2018). Development of a taxonomically dense genomic database of anthropoid primate genomes. Podium presentation at 87th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 13, 2018. Austin, TX.

Janiak, MC, Burrell, AS, & Disotell, TR. (2017). The pancreatic ribonuclease (RNASE1) and lysozyme C (LYZ) genes in a folivorous non-colobine primate, the mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata). Poster presentation. 3rd Northeastern Evolutionary Primatology Conference. October 27-28, 2017. New Haven, CT.

Janiak, MC, Chaney, ME & Tosi, AJ. (2017). A phylogeny of the CHIA gene in the context of insectivory. Podium presentation at 86th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. April 21, 2017. New Orleans, LA.

​Janiak, MC. (2016). The acidic mammalian chitinase gene (CHIA) in primate and bat insectivores: Evidence of convergence? Podium presentation. 2nd Northeastern Evolutionary Primatology Conference. November 4-5, 2016. New York, NY. 

Janiak, MC. (2016). Analysis of the CHIA
gene in New World primates. Poster Symposium. International Primatological Society/American Society of Primatology 2016 Joint Meeting. August 21-27, 2016. Chicago, IL.

Janiak, MC. (2016). Dietary Adaptations in Digestive Enzymes of New World Primates. Podium presentation. Program of the 85th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 159: 184.

​Janiak, MC & Scott, RS. (2014). Diet and the evolution of digestive enzymes in New World monkeys. Poster symposium at 1st annual Northeastern Primate Ecology, Evolution & Behavior Conference. November 7-8, 2014. New Brunswick, NJ. 
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