Roos C, Geissmann T
AG Primatengenetik, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, Göttingen, 37077, Germany.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2001 Jun;19(3):486-94. doi: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0939.
We describe DNA sequences for the mitochondrial control region and phenylalanine-tRNA from the four extant gibbon subgenera. In contrast to earlier studies on gibbon phylogeny that used other parts of the mtDNA, the control region depicts the crested gibbons (Nomascus) as the most basal group of the Hylobatidae, followed by Symphalangus, with Bunopithecus and Hylobates as the last to diverge. Our data show that the molecular distances among the four gibbon subgenera are in the same range as those between Homo and Pan, or even higher. As a consequence of these findings, we propose to raise all four gibbon subgenera to genus rank.
我们描述了现存四个长臂猿亚属的线粒体控制区和苯丙氨酸 - tRNA的DNA序列。与早期利用线粒体DNA其他部分进行的长臂猿系统发育研究不同，控制区显示冠长臂猿属（Nomascus）是长臂猿科最基部的类群，其次是合趾猿属（Symphalangus），白眉长臂猿属（Bunopithecus）和长臂猿属（Hylobates）最后分化。我们的数据表明，四个长臂猿亚属之间的分子距离与人类和黑猩猩之间的距离处于同一范围，甚至更大。基于这些发现，我们建议将所有四个长臂猿亚属提升为属级。
