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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Steven R. Leigh is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research encompasses multiple areas within biological and biomedical sciences, with a focus on molecular biology, physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, biomedical engineering, and periodontics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics including gut microbiota and health, diet and metabolism studies, dietary effects on health, salivary gland disorders and functions, oral microbiology and periodontitis research, animal behavior and reproduction, and primate behavior and ecology.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Steven R. Leigh include Trudy R. Turner, Graciela S. Cabana, Kristi Lewton, Anne L. Grauer, and Rachel Caspari.

Steven R. Leigh has published extensively in reputable journals. The frequent publication venues include:

  • American Journal of Physical Anthropology
  • mSystems
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • International Journal of Primatology
  • mSphere

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Steven R. Leigh include:

  • "Traditional Human Populations and Nonhuman Primates Show Parallel Gut Microbiome Adaptations to Analogous Ecological Conditions" (2020, mSystems)
  • "Large Comparative Analyses of Primate Body Site Microbiomes Indicate that the Oral Microbiome Is Unique among All Body Sites and Conserved among Nonhuman Primates" (2022, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • "Comment on data sharing in biological anthropology" (2020, American Journal of Physical Anthropology)
  • "Size, Scaling, and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Wild South African Thick-Tailed Greater Galagos (Otolemur crassicaudatus)" (2024, International Journal of Primatology)
  • "Erratum for Gomez et al., 'Plasticity in the Human Gut Microbiome Defies Evolutionary Constraints'" (2021, mSphere)

In 2008, Steven R. Leigh was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Habitat degradation impacts black howler monkey ( Alouatta pigra ) gastrointestinal microbiomes

    Katherine R Amato;Carl J Yeoman;Carl J Yeoman;Angela Kent;Nicoletta Righini

  • Brain growth, life history, and cognition in primate and human evolution.

    S.R. Leigh

  • Evolutionary trends in host physiology outweigh dietary niche in structuring primate gut microbiomes.

    Katherine R. Amato;Jon G. Sanders;Se Jin Song;Michael Nute

  • The Gut Microbiota Appears to Compensate for Seasonal Diet Variation in the Wild Black Howler Monkey ("Alouatta pigra")

    Katherine R. Amato;Katherine R. Amato;Steven R. Leigh;Angela D. Kent;Roderick I. Mackie

  • Determining sheep birth seasonality by analysis of tooth enamel oxygen isotope ratios: The Late Stone Age site of Kasteelberg (South Africa)

    Marie Balasse;Andrew B. Smith;Stanley H. Ambrose;Steven R. Leigh

  • Characterization of the fecal microbiome from non-human wild primates reveals species specific microbial communities.

    Suleyman Yildirim;Carl J. Yeoman;Maksim Sipos;Manolito Torralba

  • Ontogeny and the evolution of adult body size dimorphism in apes

    Steven R. Leigh;Brian T. Shea

  • Gut Microbiome of Coexisting BaAka Pygmies and Bantu Reflects Gradients of Traditional Subsistence Patterns

    Andres Gomez;Klara J. Petrzelkova;Michael B. Burns;Carl J. Yeoman

  • Patterns of variation in the ontogeny of primate body size dimorphism

    Steven R. Leigh

  • Global phylogeography and ancient evolution of the widespread human gut virus crAssphage

    Robert A. Edwards;Alejandro A. Vega;Holly M. Norman;Maria Ohaeri

  • Ontogeny of body size variation in African apes.

    Steven R. Leigh;Brian T. Shea

  • Evolution of human growth spurts.

    Steven R. Leigh

  • Ontogenetic variation in small-bodied New World primates: implications for patterns of reproduction and infant care.

    Paul A. Garber;Steven R. Leigh

  • Ontoaenetic correlates of diet in anthropoid primates

    Steven R. Leigh

  • Comparative Genomics of Gardnerella vaginalis Strains Reveals Substantial Differences in Metabolic and Virulence Potential

    Carl J. Yeoman;Suleyman Yildirim;Susan M. Thomas;A. Scott Durkin

  • Evolution of human growth

    Steven R. Leigh

  • Effects of fronto‐occipital artificial cranial vault modification on the cranial base and face

    James M. Cheverud;Luci A. P. Kohn;Lyle W. Konigsberg;Steven R. Leigh

  • Heterogeneity of Vaginal Microbial Communities within Individuals

    Tae Kyung Kim;Susan M. Thomas;Mengfei Ho;Shobha Sharma

  • Gut microbiome composition and metabolomic profiles of wild western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) reflect host ecology

    Andres Gomez;Klara Petrzelkova;Carl J. Yeoman;Klara Vlckova

  • Socioecology and the ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in anthropoid primates.

    Steven R. Leigh

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen E. Nelson
Karen E. Nelson J. Craig Venter Institute
Brenda A. Wilson
Brenda A. Wilson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bryan A. White
Bryan A. White University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Manolito Torralba
Manolito Torralba J. Craig Venter Institute
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Nathaniel J. Dominy
Nathaniel J. Dominy Dartmouth College
Tony L. Goldberg
Tony L. Goldberg University of Wisconsin–Madison
James M. Cheverud
James M. Cheverud Loyola University Chicago
David Modrý
David Modrý University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Klára J. Petrželková
Klára J. Petrželková Czech Academy of Sciences

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