The local distribution of highly divergent mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in toque macaques Macaca sinica at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.1994.tb00123.x

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The local distribution of highly divergent mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in toque macaques Macaca sinica at Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 1994

Hoelzer G A, Dittus W P, Ashley M V, Melnick D J

Abstract excerpt

Surveys of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in macaque monkeys have revealed extremely high levels of intraspecific divergence among haplotypes. One consistent pattern that has emerged from these studies is that divergent haplotypes are geographically segregated so that sampling a few matrilin...

Topics

Animals
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Macaca
Male
Restriction Mapping
Sri Lanka

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