State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resource in Yunnan, School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.
Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
Genes (Basel). 2023 Apr 27;14(5):985. doi: 10.3390/genes14050985.
The snub-nosed monkey genus (Colobinae) comprises five species (, , , , and ). They are range-restricted species occurring only in small areas in China, Vietnam, and Myanmar. All extant species are listed as endangered or critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, all with decreasing populations. With the development of molecular genetics and the improvement and cost reduction in whole-genome sequencing, knowledge about evolutionary processes has improved largely in recent years. Here, we review recent major advances in snub-nosed monkey genetics and genomics and their impact on our understanding of the phylogeny, phylogeography, population genetic structure, landscape genetics, demographic history, and molecular mechanisms of adaptation to folivory and high altitudes in this primate genus. We further discuss future directions in this research field, in particular how genomic information can contribute to the conservation of snub-nosed monkeys.
短鼻猴属（Colobinae）包括五个物种（,,,, 和 ）。它们是分布范围有限的物种，仅在中国、越南和缅甸的小范围内存在。所有现存的物种都被国际自然保护联盟（IUCN）红色名录列为濒危或极危物种，种群数量都在减少。随着分子遗传学的发展，以及全基因组测序的改进和成本降低，近年来对进化过程的认识有了很大的提高。在这里，我们回顾了短鼻猴遗传学和基因组学的最新重大进展，以及它们对我们理解该灵长类动物的系统发育、系统地理学、种群遗传结构、景观遗传学、历史人口动态和对食叶性和高海拔的分子适应机制的影响。我们进一步讨论了该研究领域的未来方向，特别是基因组信息如何有助于短鼻猴的保护。
