J. Schmitt et J. Tomiuk, PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM IN 3 CERCOPITHECID SPECIES AND ITS APPLICATION TO CONSERVATION, Folia primatologica, 63(3), 1994, pp. 123-130
Genetic variation at up to 82 protein loci was studied in 3 cercopithe
cid primate species, Cercopithecus aethiops, Macaca fascicularis and M
. mulatta. In both macaque species, genetic variability was higher tha
n that commonly observed in other mammals. The observed protein variab
ility is closely correlated with that expected under the neutral mutat
ion hypothesis. The results are discussed with respect to the applicat
ion of protein studies to the conservation of primate species.