Characteristics of Common Marmoset

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  • TAKAHASHI, Eiki
    Department of Biomedicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University

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  • 小型霊長類マーモセットの特性
  • コガタ レイチョウルイ マーモセット ノ トクセイ

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Rodent laboratory animals, such as mice and rats, have greatly contributed to biomedical research. While their usefulness will remain unchanged in the future, nonhuman primates also provide excellent models for research to examine disease mechanisms and to assess the safety and efficacy of developing novel therapeutic approaches because of their genetic, metabolic, and physiological similarities to humans. Among nonhuman primates, the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is a suitable laboratory animal. The common marmoset has several advantages compared to macaque species, including a smaller body size, availability, easy breeding in captivity, low husbandry costs, fewer zoonotic issues, early sexual maturation, and a short gestation period, indicating that the common marmoset may represent an alternative species to traditional nonhuman primates such as Cynomolgus macaque, Rhesus macaque, and Japanese macaque. In addition, the development of transgenic marmosets has become possible. This article provides an overview of the ecology, husbandry, and characteristics of the common marmoset.

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