Title |
Environmental variation and rivers govern the structure of chimpanzee genetic diversity in a biodiversity hotspot
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, January 2015
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DOI | 10.1186/s12862-014-0274-0 |
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Authors |
Matthew W Mitchell, Sabrina Locatelli, Paul R Sesink Clee, Henri A Thomassen, Mary Katherine Gonder |
Abstract |
The mechanisms that underlie the diversification of tropical animals remain poorly understood, but new approaches that combine geo-spatial modeling with spatially explicit genetic data are providing fresh insights on this topic. Data about the diversification of tropical mammals remain particularly sparse, and vanishingly few opportunities exist to study endangered large mammals that increasingly exist only in isolated pockets. The chimpanzees of Cameroon represent a unique opportunity to examine the mechanisms that promote genetic differentiation in tropical mammals because the region is home to two chimpanzee subspecies: Pan troglodytes ellioti and P. t. trogolodytes. Their ranges converge in central Cameroon, which is a geographically, climatically and environmentally complex region that presents an unparalleled opportunity to examine the roles of rivers and/or environmental variation in influencing the evolution of chimpanzee populations. |
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Student > Doctoral Student | 12 | 10% |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 3% |
Other | 3 | 3% |
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