[Population genetics of Rhinopithecus bieti: a study of the mitochondrial control region].
Yunnan snub-nose monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) is a famous endangered primate in China. So far, however, studies on its population genetics based on DNA sequences are not available. In this paper, the whole mitochondria control region of the samples from Weixi, Yunan Province as well as the whole cytochrome b gene in some individuals were sequenced. A deep divergence was observed within the Weixi population, which was confirmed after excluding the possibility of it being a nuclear pseudogene. Nonetheless, if the effects of population structure and migration are considered, the true level of polymorphism of the Weixi population may be not as high as observed.
Pan
Deng
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Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution and Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China. pdaeng@gmail.com
Fu
Yun-Xin
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Zhang
Ya-Ping
YP
D000818:Animals; D002520:Cercopithecidae / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005828:Genetics, Population; D000882:Haplorhini
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial