Rates and Patterns of Mitochondrial DNA Evolution in the Genus Macaca

这个项目将研究线粒体DNA的动态 （线粒体DNA）在特定猕猴中的分散 人群;估计mtDNA多样性水平内和之间 有大陆和岛屿的猕猴种群 分布;以及，通过以下方式检验利率恒定性假设： 研究猕猴种群之间的差异程度。 猕猴的分子研究很重要，因为有几个 与人类相似。 (1)猕猴被认为 大约在该属出现的同时， 同性恋 (2)它们在东南亚的传播与 原始人的祖先来到世界的同一个地方 (3)猕猴和 人类共享许多与遗传相关的人口统计学属性， 变化 基于这些原因， 猕猴的动物地理分布和 分子变化意味着我们过去历史中的关键事件 也可以用类似的方式来确定日期。

This project will examine the dynamics of mtDNA (mitochondrial DNA) dispersal within specific macaque populations; estimate levels of mtDNA diversity within and among populations of macaque species that have mainland and island distributions; and, test the hypothesis of rate constancy by examining levels of divergence among macaque populations. Molecular study of macaques is important because of several similarities with humans. (1) Macaques are thought to have radiated at about the same time as the emergence of the genus Homo. (2) Their spread in Southeast Asia parallels the expansion of hominids into the same part of the world. (3) Macaques and humans share many demographic attributes relevant to genetic change. For these reasons, demonstration of a relationship between the zoogeography of the macaques and the rate of molecular change implies that key events in our own past history can be similarly dated.