AGOUTI

əgooˈtē, name applied to rabbit-sized rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, found in Central and South America and in the West Indies. They have slender limbs with five front and three hind toes, rudimentary tails, and coarse rough hair that varies from reddish to dark brown depending upon the species. Agoutis are forest dwellers; they eat fruits, leaves, roots, nuts, and sugarcane. They are good swimmers and fast runners. Agouti is occasionally used instead of Cuniculus as the generic name of the related paca, or spotted cavy. Agoutis are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Dasyproctidae.

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books on: Agouti  - 196 results

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Classic Papers in Genetics
Book by James A. Peters; Prentice-Hall, 1959
Subjects: Genetics
...density factor in rabbits 22 eliminates the agouti pattern altogether. It is also more effective in the ordinary black agoutis than in brown agoutis. Thus the agouti factor seems to determine a certain quantity...
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Wild Animals in and out of the Zoo
Book by William M. Mann; Smithsonian Institution, 1930
Subjects: Animal Behavior
...SPECIMENS MAMMALS LONGEVITY RECORD YEARS MONTHS RODENTIA-- Continued 7 Dasyprocta aguti Common agouti 13 4 6 azarae Azaras agouti 9 2 5 cristata Crested agouti 21 10 1 fuliginosa sooty agouti * 6 10 1 lucifer cayennae yellow-rumped agouti 5 6 3 mexicana...
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The Principles of Heredity
Book by Laurence H. Snyder, Paul R. David; D. C. Heath, 1957
Subjects: Heredity
...and finally a dark tip. This banded pattern of the hairs is known as the "agouti"- pattern. Wild animals of many kinds have agouti coats. The under surface of agouti animals is lighter, the hairs having no dark tips, but whitish tips instead...
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Footprints of the Forest: Ka'Apor Ethnobotany; the Historical Ecology of Plant Utilization by an Amazonian People
Book by William Balee; Columbia University Press, 1994
Subjects: Botany, Economic--Brazil, Human Ecology--Brazil, Urubu Kaapor Indians--Ethnobotany
...macrocarpa (Martius) Dietrich: akusi-ttr-iwa-hu-i agouti-place-fruit-big-stem; aku?i-tir-iwa-iw agouti-place-fruit-stem (T); aku?i-ter-ewa-hu-i agouti-place-fruit-big- stem (G); ara-ha-i macaw...
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Music of the Warao of Venezuela: Song People of the Rain Forest
Book by Dale A. Olsen; University Press of Florida, 1996
Subjects: Folk music--Venezuela--History and criticism, Folk songs, Warao--Venezuela--History and criticism, Warao Indians--Music--History and criticism
...23. Song Text 11.1. Magical Protection hoa for Agouti, Jose Antonio Paez Olsen Collection 74.7-1 You...your name, yes, this is your name, a small land agouti, a small land agouti, a small land agouti. Yes, this is your name...
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journal articles on: Agouti  - 50 results

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Characterization of Japanese Quail Yellow as a Genomic Deletion Upstream of the Avian Homolog of the Mammalian Asip (Agouti) Gene
Journal article by Nicola J. Nadeau, Francis Minvielle, ShiN'Ichi Ito, Miho Inoue-Murayama, David Gourichon, Sarah A. Follett, Terry Burke, Nicholas I. Mundy; Genetics, Vol. 178, 2008
Subjects: 5' Untranslated Regions, Adrenal glands, Agouti Signaling Protein, Brain, Genes, Genotype & phenotype, Mutation, RNA
...the Avian Homolog of the Mammalian Asip (Agouti) Gene by Nicola J. Nadeau , Francis Minvielle...Follett , Terry Burke , Nicholas I. Mundy THE agouti signaling protein (ASIP) encoded at the ASIP/agouti/ASP locus is a well-characterized component...
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On Play, Joking, Humor, and Tricking Among the Kuna: the Agouti Story
Journal article by Joel Sherzer; Journal of Folklore Research, Vol. 27, 1990
Subjects: Folklore
...The two animals, Agouti and Jaguar, provide a comical contrast. Agoutis are small, intelligent...clumsy. Jaguars eat agoutis when they can catch...The Kuna also eat agoutis; they fear, but...animals and humans. Agouti is thus a little...
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Linkage and Segregation Analysis of Black and Brindle Coat Color in Domestic Dogs
Journal article by Julie A. Kerns, Edward J. Cargill, Leigh Anne Clark, Sophie I. Candille; Genetics, Vol. 176, 2007
Subjects: Albinism, Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Dogs, Genetics, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Laboratory animals, Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones, Molecular biology, Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1, Sexual behavior, Stem cells, Studies, agouti protein
...on the balance between two key genes, Agouti and Melanocortin 1 receptor (Mc1r) (Andersson 2003; Klungland and Vage 2003). Agouti encodes a signaling molecule secreted...recessive manner. Conversely, because Agouti protein inhibits Mc1r activity, gain...
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Recessive Black Is Allelic to the Yellow Plumage Locus in Japanese Quail and Associated with a Frameshift Deletion in the Asip Gene
Journal article by Takahiro Hiragaki, Miho Inoue-Murayama, Mitsuru Miwa, Akira Fujiwara, Makoto Mizutani, Francis Minvielle, ShiN'Ichi Ito; Genetics, Vol. 178, 2008
Subjects: Agouti Signaling Protein, Amino acids, Birds, Color, DNA Primers, Gene expression, Genetics, Genotype & phenotype, Proteins, Segregation
...dominance relationships of mutations at the agouti locus in the house mouse (Mus musculus...an autosomal recessive mutation at the agouti (ASIP) locus (Silvers 1979). Embryonic...associated with a deletion upstream of agouti that removes the coding exons of the Raly...
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Genetics of Sex-linked Yellow in the Syrian Hamster
Journal article by Azita Alizadeh, Lewis Z. Hong, Christopher B. Kaelin, Terje Raudsepp, Hermogenes Manuel, Gregory S. Barsh; Genetics, Vol. 181, 2009
Subjects: Females, Genetics, Genotype & phenotype, Rodents
...point for pigment-type switching is the Agouti-melanocortin 1 receptor (Mc1r) pathway...receptor expressed in melanocytes, whereas Agouti protein is a paracrine signaling molecule...1993). On the other hand, because Agouti is a Mc1r antagonist, gain-of-function...
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magazine articles on: Agouti  - 38 results

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The AGOUTI'S Nutty Friend
Magazine article by David Taylor; International Wildlife, March 2000
Subjects: Brazil nut--Environmental aspects, Brazil--Plants and animals, Ortiz, Enrique--Research
...centuries by the agoutis inability to ford...seeds a chance, the agouti gains a prize that...modus operandi, an agouti will open nuts with...point on the pod. An agoutis burying activity...Brazil nuts stored by agoutis. In addition, several...their survival to the agouti-Brazil nut relationship...
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Epigenetics: Genome, Meet Your Environment
Magazine article by Leslie A. Pray; The Scientist, Vol. 18, July 5, 2004
...inheritance of acquired characteristics? If agouti mice are any indication, the answer could...dramatically alter heritable phenetypic change in agouti mice, net by changing DNA sequence but...environmental change that, in the case of the agouti mice, they can dramatically and heritably...
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Survival in a Nutshell
Magazine article by Enrique G. Ortiz; Americas (English Edition), September 1995
Subjects: Amazon River Region--Plants and animals, Brazil nut--Evaluation
...relationship between the agouti and the Brazil nut. Our...manipulation of the nuts, the agoutis went to work. Later...traveled thanks to the agouti. By mapping the locations...nuts, we targeted the agoutis burial preferences, as...
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Eat Your Way to Better DNA
Magazine article by Kate Travis; The Scientist, Vol. 20, September 2006
...colleagues fed sets of pregnant viable yellow agouti (Avy) mice diets that varied in methyl content. The agouti gene, which is responsible for yellow...obese and yellow phenotypes seen when the agouti gene is expressed. In 2003, Robert A...
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Aunt Telephone
Magazine article by Edith Pearlman; The Antioch Review, Vol. 64, Summer 2006
...of an animal new to the Preserve, an agouti from Belize who was (an ill-painted...knew more than the sign-painter. "The agouti himself is herbivorous. A sociable little...steps away from him and his friend the agouti. Then I whirled and began to run. I...
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newspaper articles on: Agouti  - 7 results

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Flying High in the Jungle; in Need of a Little Adventure, Liam Creedon Heads to the Emerging Tourist Destination That Is Costa Rica
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), April 24, 2011
...into a jungle which quickly began to reveal its secrets. Capuchin monkeys screamed indignantly from high in the canopy. An agouti - a sort of giant, swollen hamster - crashed in the undergrowth metres from our feet. Following our exertions on horseback...
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'I Once Had to Remove a Pair of Women's Knickers from the Intestine of an Alsatian'
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), September 19, 2006
...I leave them for our exotic pets expert. Whats the most unusual animal youve treated? The other day someone brought in an agouti which had been in a road accident. It was like a giant guinea pig. I had to telephone Bristol Zoo for some expert advice...
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ISLANDS IN THE FUN; Rough Guides Celebrate Their 25th Birthday This Weekend by Launching a Series of Fun Guide Books. Here They Give Us Their Tips for the World's Funkiest Island Experiences
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), May 6, 2007
...Centro Habana (0053 7863 7351), is open daily, noon to midnight. GOWILD IN THE PANAMA CANAL COME face to snout with an agouti and watch an ocelot stalk its prey when you visit the amazing Isla Barro Colorado. Its an island in the middle of the Panama...
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A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE; Peru's Amazon Rainforest Is One of the Last True Frontiers on Earth and a Thrilling Place for an Adventure -- Especially from the Comfort of a Luxury Lodge, as Rebecca Ford Discovers
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 24, 2010
...I saw a scarlet hummingbird dart from a flower, had to duck as a flock of parakeets swooped past my head, and watched an agouti -- a super-sized guinea pig -- expertly crack a Brazil nut between its teeth. I was staying at the Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica...
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A Well-Kept Secret; in Need of a Little Adventure, Liam Creedon Heads to the Emerging Tourist Destination That Is Costa Rica
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), April 22, 2011
...into a jungle which quickly began to reveal its secrets. Capuchin monkeys screamed indignantly from high in the canopy. An agouti - a sort of giant, swollen hamster - crashed in the undergrowth metres from our feet. Following our exertions on horseback...
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encyclopedia articles on: Agouti  - 3 results

 
 
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Agouti
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGOUTI goo te, name applied to rabbit...depending upon the species. Agoutis are forest dwellers; they...swimmers and fast runners. Agouti is occasionally used instead...related paca, or spotted cavy . Agoutis are classified in the phylum...
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Jaguar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...time when the forest floor is flooded. They are also good swimmers and sometimes catch fish for food. Jaguars hunt deer, agouti, capybara, and especially peccaries. They are retiring animals, not particularly inclined to attack people, but a jaguar...
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Rodent
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...largest rodent group. The Hystricomorpha, or porcupinelike rodents, include the porcupine , capybara, nutria (or coypu), agouti , cavy (including the domestic guinea pig ), mara, and chinchilla , as well as many species whose common names include the...


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