Molecular evidence for deep phylogenetic divergence in Mandrillus sphinx

Paul T. Telfer, S. Souquière, S. L. Clifford, K. A. Abernethy, M. W. Bruford, T. R. Disotell, K. N. Sterner, P. Roques, P. A. Marx, E. J. Wickings

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    Abstract

    Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) are forest primates indigenous to western central Africa. Phylogenetic analysis of 267 base pairs (bp) of the cytochrome b gene from 53 mandrills Of known and 17 of unknown provenance revealed two phylogeographical groups, with haplotypes differentiated by 2.6% comprising seven synonymous transitions. The distribution of the haplotypes suggests that the Ogooué River, Gabon, which bisects their range, separates mandrill populations in Cameroon and northern Gabon from those in southern Gabon. The haplotype distribution is also concordant with that of two known mandrill simian immunodeficiency viruses, suggesting that these two mandrill phylogroups have followed different evolutionary trajectories since separation.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)2019-2024
    Number of pages6
    JournalMolecular ecology
    Volume12
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 1 2003

    Keywords

    • Biogeography
    • Divergence
    • Forest refuges
    • Haplogroups
    • Mandrill
    • mtDNA

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
    • Genetics

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