title: Protein polymorphism in three cercopithecid species and its application to conservation.
abstract: Genetic variation at up to 82 protein loci was studied in 3 cercopithecid primate species, Cercopithecus aethiops, Macaca fascicularis and M. mulatta. In both macaque species, genetic variability was higher than that commonly observed in other mammals. The observed protein variability is closely correlated with that expected under the neutral mutation hypothesis. The results are discussed with respect to the application of protein studies to the conservation of primate species.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anthropology and Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomiuk
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops / Q000235:genetics*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000235:genetics*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000235:genetics*; D008322:Mammals; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes