Department of Anthropology university of pennsylvania



Paul Babb

Graduate Student
pbabb@sas.upenn.edu
Concentration: 
Biological Anthropology (Molecular)
Research Interests: 
Molecular anthropology, primate evolution, population genetics and functional genomics, phylogeographic and migration patterns in non-human primates, and the processes of speciation and adaptation with specific focus on New World primate behavioral evolution.
Publications: 

 

Babb PL, Fernandez-Duque E, Baiduc C, Gagneux P, Evans S, Schurr TG. (2011). MtDNA diversity in Azara’s owl monkeys (Aotus azarai azarai) of the Argentinean Chaco. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 146(2): 209-224. 

Babb PL, McIntosh AM, Fernandez-Duque E, Di Fiore A, Schurr TG. (2011). An optimized genotyping strategy for assessing genetic identity and kinship in Azara’s owl monkeys (Aotus azarai). Folia Primatologica 82: 107-117.

Gokcumen O*, Babb PL*, Iskow R, Zhu Q, Shi, X, Mills RE, Ionita-Laza I, Vallender EJ, Clark AG, Lee C†, Johnson WE†. (2011). Refinement of primate copy number variation hotspots identifies candidate genomic regions evolving under positive selection. Genome Biology 5(12): R52. [* Co-first authors; † Co-senior authors].

Babb PL, Fernandez-Duque E, Schurr TG. (2010). AVPR1A sequence variation in monogamous owl monkeys (Aotus azarai azarai) and its implications for the evolution of platyrrhine social behavior. Journal of Molecular Evolution 71:279-297.

Recent Abstracts:

Babb PL, Fernandez-Duque E, Schurr TG. (2011). Monogamous owl monkeys differ in the structure of OXTR from other non-monogamous primates. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144(S52):79.

Fernandez-Duque E, Babb PL, Schurr TG. (2011). Group structure and dispersal patterns of the socially monogamous owl monkey as revealed by mtDNA data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144(S52):135.

Babb PL, Fernandez-Duque E, Schurr TG. (2009). Vasopressin receptor V1a (avpr1a) gene variation in the monogamous owl monkey, Aotus azarai azarai. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 138(S48):81.

Babb PL, Gagneux P, Fernandez-Duque E, Schurr TG. (2008). Genetic variation and population structure in the owl monkey, Aotus azarai. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135(S46):62.

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