Distribution of mitochondrial clades and morphotypes of baboons Papio spp.(Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Eastern Africa

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dc.contributor.authorZinner, Dietmar
dc.contributor.authorKeller, Christina
dc.contributor.authorNyahongo, Julius W.
dc.contributor.authorButynski, Thomas M.
dc.contributor.authorde Jong, Yvonne A.
dc.contributor.authorPozzi, Luca
dc.contributor.authorKnauf, Sascha
dc.contributor.authorLiedigk, Rasmus
dc.contributor.authorRoos, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T12:06:46Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T12:06:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text article available at https://doi.org/10.2982/028.104.0111en_US
dc.description.abstractRecent genetic studies, using maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA, indicate a complex evolutionary history for baboons Papio spp. in general, and for eastern African baboons in particular. To further address this topic and to improve our understanding of phylogeographic patterns of baboons in eastern Africa, mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data were analysed from 148 baboon samples from 103 locations in eastern Africa. The resultant phylogenetic reconstructions suggest an initial split of baboons into four main clades: southern chacma baboons, baboons from Mahale Mountains in Tanzania, main southern, and main northern. We confirm that the boundary between southern and northern clades lies along the Ugalla-Malagarasi River and Ruaha-Rufiji River of central Tanzania. We detected new mitochondrial haplogroups, most notably the Mahale Mountains clade, and refined haplogroup distributions. The evolutionary divergence of baboons in eastern Africa was most likely triggered and maintained by numerous episodes of population division and reconnection, probably related mainly to climate change. To better understand these processes, nuclear DNA information is required, especially to assess gene flow among populations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZinner, D., Keller, C., Nyahongo, J. W., Butynski, T. M., de Jong, Y. A., Pozzi, L., ... & Roos, C. (2015). Distribution of mitochondrial clades and morphotypes of baboons Papio spp.(Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Eastern Africa. Journal of East African Natural History, 104(1-2), 143-168en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: https://doi.org/10.2982/028.104.0111
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3775
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe East Africa Natural History Society and the National Museums of Kenyaen_US
dc.subjectMaternally inherited mitochondrialen_US
dc.subjectAfrican baboonsen_US
dc.subjectDNAen_US
dc.subjectHistory baboons papio sppen_US
dc.subjectPapio cynocephalusen_US
dc.subjectYellow baboonen_US
dc.subjectBaboonsen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial haplogroupsen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial cytochromeen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial DNAen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial inheritenceen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial cladesen_US
dc.titleDistribution of mitochondrial clades and morphotypes of baboons Papio spp.(Primates: Cercopithecidae) in Eastern Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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