A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys.
SINEs (Short INterspersed Elements) are a class of non-autonomous mobile elements that are <500 bp in length and have no open reading frames. Individual SINE elements are essentially homoplasy free with known ancestral states, making them useful genetic systems for phylogenetic studies. Alu elements are the most successful SINE in primate genomes and have been utilized for resolving primate phylogenetic relationships and human population genetics. However, no Alu based phylogenetic analysis has yet been performed to resolve relationships among Old World monkeys. Using both a computational approach and polymerase chain reaction display methodology, we identified 285 new Alu insertions from sixteen Old World monkey taxa that were informative at various levels of catarrhine phylogeny. We have utilized these elements along with 12 previously reported loci to construct a phylogenetic tree of the selected taxa. Relationships among all major clades are in general agreement with other molecular and morphological data sets but have stronger statistical support.
Xing
Jinchuan
J
Department of Biological Sciences, Biological Computation and Visualization Center, Center for Bio-Modular Multi-scale Systems, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
Wang
Hui
H
Han
Kyudong
K
Ray
David A
DA
Huang
Cheney H
CH
Chemnick
Leona G
LG
Stewart
Caro-Beth
CB
Disotell
Todd R
TR
Ryder
Oliver A
OA
Batzer
Mark A
MA
D020087:Alu Elements / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002520:Cercopithecidae / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D017931:DNA Primers