Population genetic structure of Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi) as inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences, and comparison with R. roxellana and R. bieti

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Yang, Mouyu ^a,b   Yang, Yeqin ^b   Cui, Duoying ^c   Fickenscher, Gisela ^a   Zinner, Dietmar ^a   Roos, Christian ^a   Brameier, Markus ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve   (China)

^c Beijing Zoo   (China)

Author keywords

conservation; evolution; hypervariable region I; phylogeny; Rhinopithecus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLORHINI; HAPLOTYPE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL CONTROL REGION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; REGULATOR GENE; RHINOPITHECUS BIETI; RHINOPITHECUS BRELICHI; RHINOPITHECUS ROXELLANA;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHINA; COLOBINAE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83655201336     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21618     Document Type: Article

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