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Mitochondrial evidence for the origin of hamadryas baboons.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2004
Wildman Derek E, Bergman Thore J, al-Aghbari Abdulwali, Sterner Kirstin N, Newman Timothy K, Phillips-Conroy Jane E, Jolly Clifford J, Disotell Todd R
Abstract excerpt
Baboons (Mammalia: Primates, Papio) are found primarily on the continent of Africa, but the range of hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas) extends to the Arabian Peninsula, and the origin of Arabian populations is unclear. To estimate the timing of the divergence between Arabian and African hamadryas populations we analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from individuals of Arabian and African origin, and from...
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