jacchus

Definitions

noun A small squirrel-like monkey of South America, a kind of marmoset, Hapale jacchus.
noun [capitalized] A genus of marmosets: same as Hapale. Also Iacchus. See Mididæ.

noun (Zoöl.) The common marmoset (Hapale vulgaris). Formerly, the name was also applied to other species of the same genus.

From Latin Iacchus ("Bacchus")

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Owen, K, et al. Toxicity of a novel HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor in the common masrmoset (Callithrix jacchus).

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In this report, Erika Sasaki and colleagues used viral DNA as a delivery vehicle to introduce the gene for GFP into the DNA of the common marmoset Callithrix jacchus.

GLOWING MONKEYS? are you serious!!!? | Impact Lab 2009
In a study published in the British journal Nature, a team led by Erika Sasaki of the Central Institute for Experimental Animals at Keio University reported on experiments on common marmosets Callithrix jacchus, a small monkey native to Brazil.

Japanese Scientists Create World’s First Transgenic Primates | Impact Lab 2009
On the north side of the Rio Negro are two varieties of monkeys, the _brachiurus conxion_ and the _jacchus bicolor_, which are unknown on the south side.

The Human Side of Animals Royal Dixon 1923
The figure shows examples of FISH experiments on Hs (Homo sapiens), Rh (Macaca mulatta), Cja (Callithrix jacchus) and Lca (Lemur catta), with the use of human fosmid clone WIBR2-3607H18 (A, B, C) and lemur species-specific BAC clone LB2-77B23 (D).

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Saguinus oedipus) and common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus

PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Konika Banerjee et al. 2009