Dissertation Research: Molecular Phylogeny of the Mangabeys

这个实验室项目将测试早期关于面部大小和形状以及DNA的研究所提出的相互矛盾的假设，这些假设涉及白眉猴是否形成一个或两个相关的谱系。 这些假设将使用来自三到四个不连锁的核基因的可变区的DNA序列进行检验。 这项研究将提高我们对灵长类动物群体中分子和形态学特征进化的理解，这些灵长类动物群体中分子和形态学研究在其解释中发生冲突，例如在类人猿和人类中。

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.