Evolution of the gibbon subgenera inferred from cytochrome b DNA sequence data.
DNA sequences for the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from the four extant gibbon subgenera are described. The data confirm that the gibbon subgenera evolved from a common hylobatid ancestor and suggest that they diverged from each other after the divergence of the extant African great ape species. The cytochrome b gene does not resolve the evolutionary relationships between the gibbon subgenera themselves.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, United Kingdom.
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D000818:Animals; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006922:Hylobates / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013223:Statistics as Topic
D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial