Ming Li
Phylogeny of Snub-Nosed Monkeys Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA, Cytochrome B, and 12S rRNA Sequences
Li, Ming; Huang, C; Pan, R; De Ruiter, J.R.
Authors
C Huang
R Pan
J.R. De Ruiter
Abstract
Snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus spp.) are confined to isolated mountainous regions in China and North Vietnam. Their systematic classification and phylogenetic relationship has been controversial. The structures of mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b and 12S rRNA show that the 4 species of Rhinopithecus are quite different from other colobines. It is reasonable to regard them as an independent genus, as determined by external features, morphometric characters and behavior. However, whether or not there should be a subdivision between the Vietnamese and Chinese species at the subgeneric level remains to be clarified; more evidence from a large range of Asian colobine species is needed. The Guizhou species, Rhinopithecus brelichi, is a valid species, which is more closely related to Pygathrix than the other species ( R. roxellana, R. bieti and R. avunculus) are. Results also indicate that 3 species—Rhinopithecus roxellana, R. bieti and R. avunculus—might have diverged from R. brelichi, but the phylogenetic relationship of R. avunculus is not clear.
Citation
Li, M., Huang, C., Pan, R., & De Ruiter, J. (2004). Phylogeny of Snub-Nosed Monkeys Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA, Cytochrome B, and 12S rRNA Sequences. International Journal of Primatology, 25(4), 861-873. https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Aijop.0000029126.27618.88
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Aug 1, 2004 |
Deposit Date | Mar 26, 2008 |
Journal | International Journal of Primatology |
Print ISSN | 0164-0291 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-8604 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 861-873 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1023/b%3Aijop.0000029126.27618.88 |
Keywords | Snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus), Mitochondrial DNA, Cytochrome b gene, 12S rRNA gene, Molecular phylogeny. |
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