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Cercopithecine Y-chromosome data provide a test of competing morphological evolutionary hypotheses.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 2003
Tosi Anthony J, Disotell Todd R, Morales Juan Carlos, Melnick Don J
Abstract excerpt
We report here the results of the first molecular evolutionary analysis to include members of all 10 extant genera of cercopithecine monkeys. A total of 44 individuals were surveyed for approximately 2.2 kb of the testis-specific protein, Y-chromosome (TSPY). The TSPY sequences were subjected to parsimony analyses in PAUP 4.0, followed by tree comparison tests designed to assess existing morphological hypotheses...
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