George Francis
Biographic Data
| ID | 5773317 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George Francis |
| GIVEN NAMES | George |
| FAMILY NAME | Francis |
| SIGNATURE | FRANCIS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M University College of Dentistry Dallas Texas USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8365-3127 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
CSViewer for Analysts
The Cayo Santiago (CS) rhesus macaque colony has raised a total of over 11,000 animals in a free‐ranging setting very close to the natural environment. The well‐kept individual and family records, as well as social group management data, have been a valuable source for anthropological research. However, the various sources of data have been stored in separation, and there was no straightforward way for researchers to access them directly. Since 2…
Revisiting Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
Linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs) are development defects appearing as lines or grooves on enamel surfaces. Forming when physiological stressors disrupt developing teeth, LEHs provide retrospective insight into stress experienced in early development. Here, LEHs in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) were observed with respect to decade of birth, whether an individual was transferred from the free‐ranging colony to the captive facilit…
CSViewer for Analysts
The Cayo Santiago rhesus colony and its derived skeletal collections provide abundant data made available since its founding in 1938. A project supported by an NSF collaborative grant has been committed to building a database that integrates the genetic and age‐related information of the colony, together with social group interactions and environmental effects, aiming to provide a knowledge model to researchers with insights from this powerful no…
History of Health at Cayo Santiago—An Investigation of Environmental and Genetic Influences on the Skeletal Remains of the Introduced Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta ) Colony
The Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony is a renowned primate population that has experienced significant natural and anthropogenic ecological variation in their 85‐year history. Demographic and familial information is also tracked and collated for the majority of monkeys. Thus, the health history of rhesus macaques at Cayo Santiago should reflect the impacts of both environmental and genetic factors. In this study, we utilized a sample of skelet…
Coming to the Caribbean
The Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony represents one of the most important nonhuman primate resources since their introduction to the Caribbean area in 1938. The 85 years of continuing existence along with the comprehensive database of the rhesus colony and the derived skeletal collections have provided and will continue to provide a powerful tool to test hypotheses about adaptive and evolutionary mechanisms in both biology and medicine
Dental Fluctuating Asymmetry
Increased fluctuating asymmetry, or random differences between right and left sides, has been associated with developmental stress or developmental instability. This study examines fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of mesio‐distal and bucco‐lingual dimensions of deciduous maxillary molars (m 1 , m 2 ), and permanent maxillary premolars and molars (P 3 , P 4 , M 1 , M 2 ) of 466 rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) born between 1950 and 2018 from Cayo Sant…
The Wheels on the Bus
The aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King crisis in Los Angeles produced a flurry of debate regarding urban social policy in America that has gone unexamined by scholars. This article suggests that by exploring grassroots activists and their proposals for how the city should be rebuilt, we can gain valuable insight into the role of racialized space in motivating protest. It therefore considers a case study of the Tourism Industry Development Council …
Anthropogenic effects on body size and growth in lab‐reared and free‐ranging Macaca mulatta
The impact of anthropogenic pressures upon primates is increasingly prevalent, and yet the phenotypic aspects of these impacts remain understudied. Captive environments can pose unique pressures based on factors like physical activity levels and caloric availability; thus, maturation patterns should vary under differing captive conditions. Here, we evaluate the development and growth of two Macaca mulatta populations ( N = 510) with known chronol…
An ecosystem approach for sustainability
Stemming a dirty tide
This is a case study of preventive management of the ecologic features, human uses and cultural stresses in the Long Point Ecosystem. The Long Point Ecosystem is portrayed as a dynamic intersection of longshore, inshore‐offshore, and upland‐lake continua, relatively undegraded, though threatened, by stresses that so heavily impacted on western Lake Erie. Recent threatening developments are identified. The spread of pollution and other stresses ac…
Northern Development and Technology Assessment Systems
Water resource development and environment
Environmental impacts of water development projects are becoming a major problem to water managers. Environmentalists have caused such projects to be delayed and even cancelled after considerable time and effort have been expended. A set of principles to incorporate environmental considerations into water management decisions is suggested. These principles are then applied via consultations and an impact analysis consisting of three parts: identi…
Water resource development and environment
Environmental impacts of water development projects are becoming a major problem to water managers. Environmentalists have caused such projects to be delayed and even cancelled after considerable time and effort have been expended. A set of principles to incorporate environmental considerations into water management decisions is suggested. These principles are then applied via consultations and an impact analysis consisting of three parts: identi…
Northern Development and Technology Assessment Systems
Stemming a dirty tide
This is a case study of preventive management of the ecologic features, human uses and cultural stresses in the Long Point Ecosystem. The Long Point Ecosystem is portrayed as a dynamic intersection of longshore, inshore‐offshore, and upland‐lake continua, relatively undegraded, though threatened, by stresses that so heavily impacted on western Lake Erie. Recent threatening developments are identified. The spread of pollution and other stresses ac…
An ecosystem approach for sustainability
The Wheels on the Bus
The aftermath of the 1992 Rodney King crisis in Los Angeles produced a flurry of debate regarding urban social policy in America that has gone unexamined by scholars. This article suggests that by exploring grassroots activists and their proposals for how the city should be rebuilt, we can gain valuable insight into the role of racialized space in motivating protest. It therefore considers a case study of the Tourism Industry Development Council …
Anthropogenic effects on body size and growth in lab‐reared and free‐ranging Macaca mulatta
The impact of anthropogenic pressures upon primates is increasingly prevalent, and yet the phenotypic aspects of these impacts remain understudied. Captive environments can pose unique pressures based on factors like physical activity levels and caloric availability; thus, maturation patterns should vary under differing captive conditions. Here, we evaluate the development and growth of two Macaca mulatta populations ( N = 510) with known chronol…
CSViewer for Analysts
The Cayo Santiago (CS) rhesus macaque colony has raised a total of over 11,000 animals in a free‐ranging setting very close to the natural environment. The well‐kept individual and family records, as well as social group management data, have been a valuable source for anthropological research. However, the various sources of data have been stored in separation, and there was no straightforward way for researchers to access them directly. Since 2…
Revisiting Linear Enamel Hypoplasia in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques ( Macaca mulatta )
Linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs) are development defects appearing as lines or grooves on enamel surfaces. Forming when physiological stressors disrupt developing teeth, LEHs provide retrospective insight into stress experienced in early development. Here, LEHs in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) were observed with respect to decade of birth, whether an individual was transferred from the free‐ranging colony to the captive facilit…
CSViewer for Analysts
The Cayo Santiago rhesus colony and its derived skeletal collections provide abundant data made available since its founding in 1938. A project supported by an NSF collaborative grant has been committed to building a database that integrates the genetic and age‐related information of the colony, together with social group interactions and environmental effects, aiming to provide a knowledge model to researchers with insights from this powerful no…
History of Health at Cayo Santiago—An Investigation of Environmental and Genetic Influences on the Skeletal Remains of the Introduced Rhesus Macaque ( Macaca mulatta ) Colony
The Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony is a renowned primate population that has experienced significant natural and anthropogenic ecological variation in their 85‐year history. Demographic and familial information is also tracked and collated for the majority of monkeys. Thus, the health history of rhesus macaques at Cayo Santiago should reflect the impacts of both environmental and genetic factors. In this study, we utilized a sample of skelet…
Coming to the Caribbean
The Cayo Santiago rhesus macaque colony represents one of the most important nonhuman primate resources since their introduction to the Caribbean area in 1938. The 85 years of continuing existence along with the comprehensive database of the rhesus colony and the derived skeletal collections have provided and will continue to provide a powerful tool to test hypotheses about adaptive and evolutionary mechanisms in both biology and medicine
Dental Fluctuating Asymmetry
Increased fluctuating asymmetry, or random differences between right and left sides, has been associated with developmental stress or developmental instability. This study examines fluctuating asymmetry (FA) of mesio‐distal and bucco‐lingual dimensions of deciduous maxillary molars (m 1 , m 2 ), and permanent maxillary premolars and molars (P 3 , P 4 , M 1 , M 2 ) of 466 rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta ) born between 1950 and 2018 from Cayo Sant…
Biology (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Primate Behavior and Ecology (5 works) · Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (4 works) · Rhesus macaque (4 works) · Zoology (4 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Macaque (3 works) · Business (2 works)