creators_name: Md.Zain B.M.,  
creators_name: Morales, J.C.,  
creators_name: Hassan M.N.,  
creators_name: Jasmi A.,  
creators_name: Melnick, D.J.,  
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corp_creators: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Faculty of Science and Technology. School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
corp_creators: Columbia University In The City Of New York. Center For Environmental Research and Conservation
corp_creators: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Faculty of Science and Technology. School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences
corp_creators: Department of Wildlife and National Parks Malaysia
corp_creators: Columbia University In The City Of New York. Center For Environmental Research and Conservation
title: Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Trachypithecus as Inferred from Y-chromosome and Autosomal DNA Sequences
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subjects: R
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keywords: Tradipithecas, lead monkeys, nuclear DNA sequences. Y-chromosome, autosomal DNA
note: This research was made possible under grants awarded by the United States National Science Foundation (Grant SBR 97-07883), John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, UKM J/1/98 and IRPA 0802020019EA301.
abstract: We present a molecular study examining the phylogenetic position of the genus Trachypithecus in relation to other Asian colobine genera. We used two unlinked nuclear gene regions to estimate the phylogenetic positions among the species classified as Trachypithecus. We sequenced 3100 base pairs of the Y-chromosome TSPY and SRY genes and 1694 base pairs of the autosomal IRBP intron-3 locus from two species of Trachypithecus (T. cristatus and T. obscurus). Other members of Asian colobines were used as the outgroups. Our interpretation based on character and distance analyses suggests that Trachypithecus forms its own monophyletic clade distinct from other Asian colobines. Relative genetic distances and bootstrap support values from two unlinked nuclear regions further confirm the monophyly of Trachypithecus.
date: 2005
date_type: published
publication: Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
volume: 12
number: 1
publisher: Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
pagerange: 48-54
refereed: TRUE
issn: ISSN 1511-2616
official_url: http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/ArticleInformation.aspx?ArticleID=611
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citation: Md.Zain B.M., and Morales, J.C., and Hassan M.N., and Jasmi A., and Melnick, D.J., (2005) Phylogenetic Position of the Genus Trachypithecus as Inferred from Y-chromosome and Autosomal DNA Sequences. Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 12 (1). pp. 48-54. ISSN ISSN 1511-2616