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SUBMITTER: Haus T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3613741 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haus Tanja T Akom Emmanuel E Agwanda Bernard B Hofreiter Michael M Roos Christian C Zinner Dietmar D
American journal of primatology 20130110 4
African green monkeys (Chlorocebus) represent a widely distributed and morphologically diverse primate genus in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to their genetic diversity and phylogeny. Based on morphological data, six species are currently recognized, but their taxonomy remains disputed. Here, we aim to characterize the mitochondrial (mt) DNA diversity, biogeography and phylogeny of African green monkeys. We analyzed the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of 126 samples ...[more]