Primate evolution at the DNA level and a classification of hominoids
@article{Goodman2005PrimateEA, title={Primate evolution at the DNA level and a classification of hominoids}, author={Morris Goodman and Danilo A Tagle and David H. A. Fitch and Wendy J. Bailey and John Czelusniak and Ben F. Koop and Philip Benson and Jerry L. Slightom}, journal={Journal of Molecular Evolution}, year={2005}, volume={30}, pages={260-266} }
SummaryThe genetic distances among primate lineages estimated from orthologous noncoding nucleotide sequences of β-type globin loci and their flanking and intergenic DNA agree closely with the distances (delta T50H values) estimated by cross hybridization of total genomic single-copy DNAs. These DNA distances and the maximum parsimony tree constructed for the nucleotide sequence orthologues depict a branching pattern of primate lineages that is essentially congruent with the picture from…
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