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Mitochondrial phylogeny, taxonomy and biogeography of the silvered langur species group (Trachypithecus cristatus)Christian Roos
Primate Genetics and Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 47:629-36. 2008..Later on, the Malaysian form colonised further regions of the Sunda region, including Sumatra, Borneo and the Natuna archipelago...
Nuclear versus mitochondrial DNA: evidence for hybridization in colobine monkeysChristian Roos
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 11:77. 2011....- Population genetic structure of Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi) as inferred from mitochondrial control region sequences, and comparison with R. roxellana and R. bietiMouyu Yang
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 147:1-10. 2012..brelichi might be more vulnerable to environmental changes or climate oscillations than the other two Chinese snub-nosed monkey species. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc... - Mitochondrial phylogeny of leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis, Eschscholtz, 1821) with implications for taxonomy and conservationDirk Meyer
Unit of Reproductive Biology, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, D 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 59:311-9. 2011..However, further studies including nuclear sequence data are necessary to completely understand the evolutionary history of the genus, and to address possible hybridization events among taxa... - Baboon phylogeny as inferred from complete mitochondrial genomesDietmar Zinner
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 150:133-40. 2013.... 
Molecular phylogeny and evolutionary history of Southeast Asian macaques forming the M. silenus groupThomas Ziegler
Department of Reproductive Biology, German Primate Centre, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 42:807-16. 2007....- Phylogenetic position of the langur genera Semnopithecus and Trachypithecus among Asian colobines, and genus affiliations of their species groupsMartin Osterholz
Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 8:58. 2008..To address these issues, mitochondrial and Y chromosomal sequence data were phylogenetically related and combined with presence/absence analyses of retroposon integrations... - Mitochondrial phylogeography of baboons (Papio spp.): indication for introgressive hybridization?Dietmar Zinner
Cognitive Ethology, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Gottingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 9:83. 2009.... - Phylogeny and distribution of crested gibbons (genus Nomascus) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequence dataVan Ngoc Thinh
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, Goettingen, Germany
Am J Primatol 72:1047-54. 2010..Our study shows that molecular methods are a useful tool to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among crested gibbons and to determine species boundaries... - Mitochondrial evidence for multiple radiations in the evolutionary history of small apesVan Ngoc Thinh
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 10:74. 2010..To further the discussion of these issues we analyzed the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from 85 individuals representing all gibbon species, including most subspecies... - Retropositional events consolidate the branching order among New World monkey generaMartin Osterholz
Primate Genetics, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 50:507-13. 2009..Although a close affiliation of Saimiri, Aotus and Cebus to Callithrichinae was shown, the relationships among the three genera remained unresolved due to three contradicting insertions... - The strange blood: natural hybridization in primatesDietmar Zinner
Ceognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, University of Gottingen, Germany
Evol Anthropol 20:96-103. 2011..Here we provide an overview of cases of natural hybridization in all major primate radiations. Our review emphasizes a phylogenetic approach. We use the data presented to discuss the impact of hybridization on taxonomy and conservation... - Concordance between vocal and genetic diversity in crested gibbonsVan Ngoc Thinh
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 11:36. 2011..In addition, we address whether song similarity and geographic distribution can support a recent hypothesis about the biogeographic history of crested gibbons... - Mitochondrial phylogeny of tamarins (Saguinus, Hoffmannsegg 1807) with taxonomic and biogeographic implications for the S. nigricollis species groupChristian Matauschek
Unit of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 144:564-74. 2011..The species group most likely originated in western Amazonia and diversified during the decline of the Acre wetland and the formation of the Amazonian river system... - A PCR-based marker to simply identify Saimiri sciureus and S. boliviensis boliviensisMartin Osterholz
Primate Genetics, German Primate Center, Goettingen, Germany
Am J Primatol 70:1177-80. 2008..Based on the size of the Alu element ( approximately 300 bp), the presence/absence pattern of the integration can easily be traced by PCR and followed by agarose gel electrophoresis... - Evolutionary history of the odd-nosed monkeys and the phylogenetic position of the newly described Myanmar snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeriRasmus Liedigk
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
PLoS ONE 7:e37418. 2012.... - Acoustic structure of male loud-calls support molecular phylogeny of Sumatran and Javanese leaf monkeys (genus Presbytis)Dirk Meyer
Reproductive Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
BMC Evol Biol 12:16. 2012.... - A novel system of polymorphic and diverse NK cell receptors in primatesAnne Averdam
Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Gottingen, Germany
PLoS Genet 5:e1000688. 2009..Our data support the existence of a hitherto unknown system of polymorphic and diverse NK cell receptors in primates and of combinatorial diversity as a novel mechanism to increase NK cell receptor repertoire... - Is the new primate genus rungwecebus a baboon?Dietmar Zinner
Cognitive Ethology, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Gottingen, Germany
PLoS ONE 4:e4859. 2009..Accordingly, the kipunji was separated into its own monotypic genus, Rungwecebus... - Primate jumping genes elucidate strepsirrhine phylogenyChristian Roos
Primate Genetics, Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, , Germany
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:10650-4. 2004..Furthermore, one SINE integration links the two Lemuriformes families, Lemuridae and Indriidae, indicating a common origin of diurnality or cathemerality and a later reversal to nocturnality by the indriid genus Avahi... - Reproductive parameters in Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi)Mouyu Yang
Primate Genetics, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, Gottingen, Germany
Am J Primatol 71:266-70. 2009..The risk of extinction is therefore particularly high in this species, given the small overall population size and slow population recovery potential... - Sequence analysis of the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) MHC class II DQ and DR regionAnne Averdam
Primate Genetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Gottingen, Germany
Immunogenetics 63:85-93. 2011..Phylogenetic analysis of Mimu-DQA and Mimu-DQB and other primate DQA and DQB genes indicates that duplication of DQA and DQB loci occurred in Anthropoidea after the split from Strepsirrhini... - Mitochondrial diversity and distribution of African green monkeys (chlorocebus gray, 1870)Tanja Haus
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Kellnerweg 4, Goettingen, Germany
Am J Primatol 75:350-60. 2013..Our results provide both valuable data on African green monkeys' genetic diversity and evolution and a basis for further molecular studies on this genus... - Large-scale MHC class II genotyping of a wild lemur population by next generation sequencingElise Huchard
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Unit, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, Gottingen, Germany
Immunogenetics 64:895-913. 2012..The power of this approach will nevertheless be conditional upon strict quality control of the genotyping data... - Considerable haplotypic diversity in the RT1-CE class I gene region of the rat major histocompatibility complexChristian Roos
Department of Primate Genetics, German Primate Center, , Germany
Immunogenetics 56:773-7. 2005..Alleles of RT1-CE region class I genes could also be identified, but the rate of allelic nucleotide substitutions appeared rather low, indicating that the diversity in the RT1-CE region is mainly based on genomic plasticity... - The rat expresses two complement factor C4 proteins, but only one isotype is expressed in the liverChristian Roos
Forschergruppe Primatengenetik, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, and Abteilung, Gottingen, Germany
J Immunol 174:970-5. 2005..These two rat C4 isotypes are nearly identical, but differ in a functionally important amino acid residue that is known to influence the functional properties of the C4 isotypes in human... - Molecular phylogeny of Mentawai macaques: taxonomic and biogeographic implicationsChristian Roos
Primate Genetics, German Primate Centre, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Mol Phylogenet Evol 29:139-50. 2003.... - Identification of genes regulated by chronic social stress in the rat dorsal raphe nucleusNashat Abumaria
Clinical Neurobiology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Kellnerweg 4, 37077, Gottingen, Germany
Cell Mol Neurobiol 26:145-62. 2006.... - Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)Nicole Andriaholinirina
Institut d Embryologie, Universite Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine EA3428, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg, France
BMC Evol Biol 6:17. 2006.... - Expression profiles of endogenous retroviruses in Old World monkeysAnna Stengel
Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Room 2028, Building 35, , D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
J Virol 80:4415-21. 2006..Most striking is that while the majority of HERVs analyzed in this study are expressed in human brain, almost none are expressed in Old World monkey brains or are only weakly expressed... - Phylogenetic relationships among the Lorisoidea as indicated by craniodental morphology and mitochondrial sequence dataJudith C Masters
Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Am J Primatol 69:6-15. 2007.... - Spatio-genetic population structure in mustached tamarins, Saguinus mystaxMaren Huck
Abteilung für Verhaltensökologie and Soziobiologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum DPZ, D 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Am J Phys Anthropol 132:576-83. 2007..Spatial analyses suggest that females usually migrate longer distances, corresponding to very limited breeding positions for females in a polyandrous social mating system... - Different rates of LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposon amplification and evolution in New World monkeysStephane Boissinot
Section on Genomic Structure and Function, Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 0830, USA
J Mol Evol 58:122-30. 2004..In contrast, we found no evidence for a species-specific subfamily in Ateles, a result consistent with the low L1 activity in this species for the last approximately 25 My...