A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys

@article{xing05sine, abstract = {SINEs (Short INterspersed Elements) are a class of non-autonomous mobile elements that are <500¬{\dag}bp in length and have no open reading frames. Individual SINE elements are essentially homoplasy free with known ancestral states, making them useful genetic systems for phylogenetic studies. Alu elements are the most successful SINE in primate genomes and have been utilized for resolving primate phylogenetic relationships and human population genetics. However, no Alu based phylogenetic analysis has yet been performed to resolve relationships among Old World monkeys. Using both a computational approach and polymerase chain reaction display methodology, we identified 285 new Alu insertions from sixteen Old World monkey taxa that were informative at various levels of catarrhine phylogeny. We have utilized these elements along with 12 previously reported loci to construct a phylogenetic tree of the selected taxa. Relationships among all major clades are in general agreement with other molecular and morphological data sets but have stronger statistical support.}, author = {Xing, Jinchuan and Wang, Hui and Han, Kyudong and Ray, David A. and Huang, Cheney H. and Chemnick, Leona G. and Stewart, Caro B. and Disotell, Todd R. and Ryder, Oliver A. and Batzer, Mark A. }, citeulike-article-id = {2908876}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.015}, journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution}, keywords = {catarrhini, phylogenetics, rare\_genomic\_characters, tree}, month = {December}, number = {3}, pages = {872--880}, posted-at = {2008-06-19 22:19:37}, priority = {2}, title = {A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.015}, volume = {37}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - xing05sine L3 - citeulike-article-id:2908876 N2 - SINEs (Short INterspersed Elements) are a class of non-autonomous mobile elements that are <500 bp in length and have no open reading frames. Individual SINE elements are essentially homoplasy free with known ancestral states, making them useful genetic systems for phylogenetic studies. Alu elements are the most successful SINE in primate genomes and have been utilized for resolving primate phylogenetic relationships and human population genetics. However, no Alu based phylogenetic analysis has yet been performed to resolve relationships among Old World monkeys. Using both a computational approach and polymerase chain reaction display methodology, we identified 285 new Alu insertions from sixteen Old World monkey taxa that were informative at various levels of catarrhine phylogeny. We have utilized these elements along with 12 previously reported loci to construct a phylogenetic tree of the selected taxa. Relationships among all major clades are in general agreement with other molecular and morphological data sets but have stronger statistical support. IS - 3 JF - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution EP - 880 TI - A mobile element based phylogeny of Old World monkeys VL - 37 SP - 872 KW - catarrhini KW - phylogenetics KW - rare_genomic_characters KW - tree AU - Xing, Jinchuan AU - Wang, Hui AU - Han, Kyudong AU - Ray, David AU - Huang, Cheney AU - Chemnick, Leona AU - Stewart, Caro AU - Disotell, Todd AU - Ryder, Oliver AU - Batzer, Mark PY - 2005/December// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.015 ER -