Phylogenetic Relationships of Macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) Inferred from Partial Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Cytochrome Oxidase II (COII) gene

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Author	Rahim, Noor Aisyah A. Gani, Millawati Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin
Copyright Year	1970
Abstract	The molecular phylogenetic relationships among ten species of macaques were assessed using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome oxidase II (COII) gene. The 27 individuals comprising of ten species within genus Macaca, namely, M. sylvanus, M. mulatta, M. cyclopis, M. arctoides, M. fascicularis, M. assamensis, M. thibetana, M. nemestrina, M. leonina and M. silenus were used in this study. The phylogenetic trees were reconstructed using neighbor-joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods. Based on our constructed tree, it is suggested that the results from phylogenetic analyses demonstrated four groups of macaques. In addition, the trees showed topology of M. sylvanus as a sister clade to all Asian macaques. The silenus group, which diverged first after M. sylvanus formed their own clade, consisted of macaque species M. silenus, M. nemestrina and M. leonina. Meanwhile, the sinica group consisted of M. assamensis and M. thibetana, and the fascicularis group comprised of M. fascicularis, M. arctoides, M. mulatta and M. cyclopis. Our ML tree also showed that M. arctoides is a member of fascicularis group. Our study, also indicated that our results neglect the classification based on outer appearances and supports the proposed molecular work view.
Starting Page	42
Ending Page	51
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DOI	10.33736/bjrst.243.2014
Volume Number	4
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Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.243.2014
Language	English
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