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The evolution of the Cercopithecini: a (post)modern synthesis.
Stefania Lo BiancoLuca SineoJudith C. Masterssubject
0301 basic medicineMaleGenetic SpeciationCatarrhiniSettore BIO/08 - AntropologiaAnthropology PhysicalEvolution Molecular03 medical and health sciencesCercopithecinaeGenetic algorithmAnimalsCladePhylogenyCercopithecinibiologyBehavior AnimalSkullCercopithecoidea Chromosomes Fissioning Guenons PhylogenyGeneral Medicinebiology.organism_classificationGuenonBiological Evolution030104 developmental biologyTaxonEvolutionary biologyAnthropologyAfricaFemaledescription
The Cercopithecini, or African guenon monkeys, are one of the most diverse clades of living primates and comprise the most species-rich clade of Catarrhini. Species identity is announced by flamboyant coloration of the facial and genital regions and, more cryptically, by vigorous chromosomal rearrangements among taxa. Beneath the skin, however, these animals are skeletally conservative and show low levels of genetic sequence divergence consonant with recent divergence between congeneric species. The guenons clearly demonstrate that morphological, cytogenetic, and reproductive differentiation proceed at different rates during speciation. We review diverse kinds of data in an effort to understand this conundrum.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-01 | Evolutionary anthropology |