Article
Concordance between vocal and genetic diversity in crested gibbons.
BMC evolutionary biology - 7 Feb 2011
Thinh Van Ngoc, Hallam Chris, Roos Christian, Hammerschmidt Kurt
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Gibbons or small apes are, next to great apes, our closest living relatives, and form the most diverse group of contemporary hominoids. A characteristic trait of gibbons is their species-specific song structure, which, however, exhibits a certain amount of inter- and intra-individual variation. Although differences in gibbon song structure are routinely applied as taxonomic tool to identify subspecies...
Topics
- Animals
- Cytochromes b
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Hominidae
- Male
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Species Specificity
- Vocalization, Animal