HETERODUPLEX MOBILITY ASSAYS (HMAS) AND ANALOGOUS SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF A CYTOCHROME-B REGION INDICATE PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS OF SELECTED CALLITRICHIDS
Mam. Moreira et al., HETERODUPLEX MOBILITY ASSAYS (HMAS) AND ANALOGOUS SEQUENCE-ANALYSIS OF A CYTOCHROME-B REGION INDICATE PHYLOGENETIC-RELATIONSHIPS OF SELECTED CALLITRICHIDS, The Journal of heredity, 87(6), 1996, pp. 456-460
Heteroduplex mobility assays (HMAs) of a cytochrome b region were used
for estimating genetic distances and phylogenetic relationships betwe
en some selected neotropical primates of the families Callitrichidae (
marmosets and tamarins) and Cebidae [capuchin monkey, (Cebus apella)],
and man (Homo sapiens). HMA distances were found to be strongly corre
lated to analogous estimates derived from DNA sequence data, Phylogene
tic trees obtained by HMAs and sequence analyses showed similar topolo
gies with almost identical intraspecific, intrageneric, and intergener
ic relationships, The applicability of HMAs is assessed relative to di
fferent levels of molecular and organismal diversity.