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Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution in Primates

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Abstract

Primate evolution draws special attention because of its direct relevance to human origins. However, there are still several phylogenetic problems remaining among the primates. Recent molecular evolution studies using nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data seem to have established a consensus with respect to the phylogenetic positions of various primates. In addition, the presence/absence patterns of the short interspersed elements (SINE), which are regarded to be informative molecular cladistic markers, strongly supported the phylogenetic placement of several problematic species. Although the phylogenetic relationships of living primate species are relatively well established, the divergence times among them are still controversial. This controversy has arisen partly because different authors have used different molecular data with different methods and calibration points. Here, we review recent molecular phylogenetic studies of primates together with our own study. Furthermore, we compare and discuss the divergence times estimated for various primate species.

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Abbreviations

K/T:

Cretaceous/tertiary

Mya:

Million years ago

NWM:

New World monkey

OWM:

Old World monkey

R:

Purines (adenine and guanine)

rRNA:

Ribosomal RNA

SINE:

Short interspersed element

Y:

Pyrimidines (cytosine and thymine)

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  1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, 41-2 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi, 484-8506, Japan

    Atsushi Matsui

  2. School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Shanghai, 200433, China

    Masami Hasegawa

  3. The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-8562, Japan

    Masami Hasegawa

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Matsui, A., Hasegawa, M. (2012). Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution in Primates. In: Hirai, H., Imai, H., Go, Y. (eds) Post-Genome Biology of Primates. Primatology Monographs. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54011-3_16

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