Inferring the evolutionary histories of divergences in Hylobates and Nomascus gibbons through multilocus sequence data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gibbons (Hylobatidae) are the most diverse group of living apes. They exist as geographically-contiguous species which diverged more rapidly than did their close relatives, the great apes (Hominidae). Of the four extant gibbon genera, the evolutionary histories of two polyspecific genera, Hylobates and Nomascus, have been the particular focus of research but the DNA sequence data used was largely derived from the maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) locus.

Results

To investigate the evolutionary relationships and divergence processes of gibbon species, particularly those of the Hylobates genus, we produced and analyzed a total of 11.5 kb DNA of sequence at 14 biparentally inherited autosomal loci. We find that on average gibbon genera have a high average

SUBMITTER: Chan YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3637282 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature