Dissertation Research: Molecular Phylogeny of the Mangabeys

这个实验室项目一方面将检验早期关于面部大小和形状的研究提出的相互矛盾的假设，另一方面将检验DNA，关于黑尾猴是形成一个或两个相关血统的假说。这些假说将使用三到四个非连锁核基因的可变区的DNA序列进行验证。这项研究将提高我们对分子和形态研究在解释上存在冲突的灵长类动物群体中分子和形态特征进化的理解，例如在大猩猩和人类中。

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.