ELECTROPHORETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND THEIR TAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN CALLITRICHINI (PRIMATES, PLATYRRHINI)

Authors
MEIRELES CM CZELUSNIAK J SAMPAIO I SCHNEIDER H FERRARI SF COIMBRA AF PISSINATTI A MUNIZ JAPC FERREIRA HS SCHNEIDER MPC
Citation
Cm. Meireles et al., ELECTROPHORETIC POLYMORPHISMS AND THEIR TAXONOMIC IMPLICATIONS IN CALLITRICHINI (PRIMATES, PLATYRRHINI), Biochemical genetics, 36(7-8), 1998, pp. 229-244
Citations number
52
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity",Biology
Journal title
Biochemical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00062928
Volume
36
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
229 - 244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-2928(1998)36:7-8<229:EPATTI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Five hundred forty-three blood samples front 15 populations of the fou r genera of callitrichin primates were studied electrophoretically. Po lymorphisim and genetic distances were estimated for 20 loci, 13 of wh ich were polymorphic. The lion tamarin (Leontopithecus) studied her-e exhibited the least variability fbr these loci, while the monospecific Cebuella showed the most. The genetic distances observed between Call ithrix and Cebuella genera support previous evidence indicating a clos e taxonomic relationship between them. Genetic distance values obtaine d in this study also support the synonimization of the kuhli form with Callithrix jacchus penicillata.