Primate phylogenomics uncovers multiple rapid radiations and ancient interspecific introgression.

ABSTRACT: Our understanding of the evolutionary history of primates is undergoing continual revision due to ongoing genome sequencing efforts. Bolstered by growing fossil evidence, these data have led to increased acceptance of once controversial hypotheses regarding phylogenetic relationships, hybridization and introgression, and the biogeographical history of primate groups. Among these findings is a pattern of recent introgression between species within all major primate groups examined to date, though little is known about introgression deeper in time. To address this and other phylogenetic questions, here, we present new reference genome assemblies for 3 Old World monkey (OWM) species: Colobus angolensis ssp. palliatus (the black and white colobus), Macaca nemestrina (southern pig-tailed macaqu

SUBMITTER: Vanderpool D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738166 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature