Dissertation Research: Molecular Phylogeny of the Mangabeys

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This laboratory project will test the conflicting hypotheses suggested by earlier studies of facial size and shape on the one hand, and DNA on the other, concerning whether the mangabey monkeys form either one related lineage or two. The hypotheses will be tested using DNA sequences of variable regions from three to four unlinked nuclear genes. This research will improve our understanding of the evolution of molecular and morphological characters in primate groups where molecular and morphological studies conflict in their interpretations, such as in the great apes and humans.