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The Journal of Heredity 2001:92(6)
© 2001 The American Genetic Association 92:490-496

Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Sequence Diversity of Hominoids

R. Noda, C. G. Kim, O. Takenaka, R. E. Ferrell, T. Tanoue, I. Hayasaka, S. Ueda, T. Ishida, and N. Saitou

From the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, 411–8540 Japan (Noda, Kim, and Saitou), Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Japan (Takenaka), Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Ferrell), SanwaKagaku Kenkyusho Kumamoto Primate Park (Tanoue and Hayasaka), and Department of Biological Science, University of Tokyo (Ueda and Ishida).

Address correspondence to N. Saitou at the address above or e-mail: nsaitou{at}genes.nig.ac.jp.

We determined nucleotide sequences of the 16S rRNA gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) (about 1.6 kb) for 35 chimpanzee, 13 bonobo, 10 gorilla, 16 orangutan, and 23 gibbon individuals. We compared those data with published sequences and estimated nucleotide diversity for each species. All the ape species showed higher diversity than human. We also constructed phylogenetic trees and networks. The two orangutan subspecies were clearly separated from each other, and Sumatran orangutans showed much higher nucleotide diversity than Bornean orangutans. Some gibbon species did not form monophyletic clusters, and variation within species was not much different from that among species in the subgenus Hylobates.


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