Lemur Conservation Lab: Conservation Genetics

How many different species of lemurs live in Madagascar?

• 90

• 100

• 95

• 99

Where in the world are lemurs located?

• Africa

• Madagascar

• India

• All these places.

Define the term Cryptic Species

• Two different species are difficult to tell apart morphologically.

• Two species that both hibernate.

• Species that are nocturnal and their movement is a mystery.

• None of these are definitions of this term.

What is the name of the gene we are looking at?

• cryptic

• sibreei

• cytb

• crossleyi

2 species of lemurs we are looking at.

• crossleyi and sibreei

• cytb and restriction enzyme

• tsinjoarivo and sibreei

• dwarf lemure and tree lemur

What coast off of Africa is Madagascar located?

• north

• south

• east

• west

What type of DNA in mammalian genomes is only inherited from mothers or the maternal individual?

• Nuclein DNA

• Mitochondrial DNA

• Plasmids

• Plastid DNA

When the gene is cut into two pieces by the restriction enzyme, the two bands that are left are how long?

• 500 bps each

• 500 and 700 bps

• 1000 and 200 bps

• 500 and 1000 bps

Where is the field site that this Lemur research is occuring?

• Ansirabe

• Tsinjoarivo

• Toliara

• Sambava

Identify all the reasons why the lemurs we are studying are so difficult to capture and analyze.

• They move extremely quick.

• They are only nocturnal.

• They live high in trees, difficult to access.

• They are hibernators, not active all year long.

• They are diurnal, they are only active during the day.