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- Title
A High Polymorphism Level in Rhinopithecus roxellana.
- Authors
Deng Pan; Hong-Xing Hu; Shi-Jie Meng; Zheng-Ming Men; Yun-Xin Fu; Ya-Ping Zhang
- Abstract
The Sichuan golden monkey ( Rhinopithecus roxellana) is a famous and beautiful endangered primate. Owing to the dearth of samples and technical limitations, previous studies could not adequately assess the levels of genetic polymorphisms in the species. To evaluate the polymorphisms further, we sequenced the entire mitochondrial control regions (D-loop) of 35 individuals from the 3 major habitats: Minshan, Qinglin, and Shennongjia. We observed many polymorphisms and estimated that the effective population size of the current total population is less than ca. 480–2300, and the time to the most recent common ancestor is ca. 4000–62,700 years. Through comparisons, we showed that the population of Rhinopithecus roxellana has a relatively higher polymorphism level than that of other endangered primates.
- Subjects
CHINA; GOLDEN snub-nosed monkey; POLYMORPHISM (Zoology); GENETIC polymorphisms; PRIMATES; POPULATION genetics; ENDANGERED species
- Publication
International Journal of Primatology, 2009, Vol 30, Issue 2, p337
- ISSN
0164-0291
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10764-009-9347-0