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Genotyping Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Mitochondrial Genome by Pyrosequencing
Published on: February 10, 2023
[Population genetics of Rhinopithecus bieti: a study of the mitochondrial control region]
Deng Pan1, Yun-Xin Fu, Ya-Ping Zhang
1Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution and Molecular Biology of Domestic Animals, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming 650223, China. pdaeng@gmail.com
Abstract:
Yunnan snub-nose monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) is a famous endangered primate in China. So far, however, studies on its population genetics based on DNA sequences are not available. In this paper, the whole mitochondria control region of the samples from Weixi, Yunan Province as well as the whole cytochrome b gene in some individuals were sequenced. A deep divergence was observed within the Weixi population, which was confirmed after excluding the possibility of it being a nuclear pseudogene. Nonetheless, if the effects of population structure and migration are considered, the true level of polymorphism of the Weixi population may be not as high as observed.
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