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Molecular evidence for deep phylogenetic divergence in Mandrillus sphinx by Telfer, P. T., Souquière, S., Clifford, S. L., Abernethy, K. A., Bruford, M. W., Disotell, T. R., Sterner, K. N., Roques, P., Marx, P. A., Wickings, E. J.

“…Mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) are forest primates indigenous to western central Africa. Phylogenetic analysis of 267 base pairs (bp) of the cytochrome b gene…”
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Resolution of the African Hominoid Trichotomy by Use of a Mitochondrial Gene Sequence by Ruvolo, Maryellen, Disotell, Todd R., Allard, Marc W., Brown, Wesley M., Honeycutt, Rodney L.

“…Mitochondrial DNA sequences encoding the cytochrome oxidase subunit II gene have been determined for five primate species, siamang (Hylobates syndactylus),…”
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Gene Trees and Hominoid Phylogeny by Ruvolo, Maryellen, Pan, Deborah, Zehr, Sarah, Goldberg, Tony, Disotell, Todd R.

“…Here we present a DNA sequence study that incorporates intraspecific variation from all five genera of hominoids (apes and humans). Recently it has been…”
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Catarrhine primate divergence dates estimated from complete mitochondrial genomes: concordance with fossil and nuclear DNA evidence by Raaum, Ryan L., Sterner, Kirstin N., Noviello, Colleen M., Stewart, Caro-Beth, Disotell, Todd R.

“…Accurate divergence date estimates improve scenarios of primate evolutionary history and aid in interpretation of the natural history of disease-causing…”
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Human evolution: Sex-specific contributions to genome variation by Disotell, Todd R.

“…Studies of maternally-inherited mitochondrial DNA have provided evidence that all modern humans have a common, 200,000 year old African ancestor. Recent…”
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Evolution of eutherian cytochrome c oxidase subunit II: heterogeneous rates of protein evolution and altered interaction with cytochrome c by Adkins, R M, Honeycutt, R L, Disotell, T R

“…Cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII), encoded by the mitochondrial genome, exhibits one of the most heterogeneous rates of amino acid replacement among…”
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Intergeneric hybrid baboons by JOLLY, C. J, WOOLLEY-BARKER, T, BEYENE, S, DISOTELL, T. R, PHILLIPS-CONROY, J. E

“…Though belonging to genera that have been distinct for several million years, gelada and common baboons--Theropithecus gelada and Papio hamadryas sensu lato,…”
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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the old-world monkey tribe papionini by DISOTELL, T. R, HONEYCUTT, R. L, RUVOLO, M

“…The evolution of the Old World monkey tribe Papionini, composed of macaques, baboons, mandrills, drills, and mangabeys, was examined using mitochondrial DNA…”
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Primate evolution – in and out of Africa by Stewart, Caro-Beth, Disotell, Todd R

“…A synthetic analysis of molecular, fossil and biogeographical data gives a remarkably consistent scenario for the evolution of the catarrhine primates – the…”
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Nuclear gene trees and the phylogenetic relationships of the mangabeys (Primates: Papionini) by Harris, E E, Disotell, T R

“…Phylogenetic relationships of mangabeys within the Old World monkey tribe Papionini are inferred from analyses of nuclear DNA sequences from five unlinked…”
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Cercopithecine Y-chromosome data provide a test of competing morphological evolutionary hypotheses by Tosi, Anthony J, Disotell, Todd R, Carlos Morales, Juan, Melnick, Don J

“…We report here the results of the first molecular evolutionary analysis to include members of all 10 extant genera of cercopithecine monkeys. A total of 44…”
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Sex chromosome phylogenetics indicate a single transition to terrestriality in the guenons (tribe Cercopithecini) by Tosi, Anthony J, Melnick, Don J, Disotell, Todd R

“…This is the first molecular study to trace the evolutionary transition in substrate preference across a primate radiation. We surveyed 20 guenons (tribe…”
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Mitochondrial evidence for the origin of hamadryas baboons by Wildman, Derek E., Bergman, Thore J., al-Aghbari, Abdulwali, Sterner, Kirstin N., Newman, Timothy K., Phillips-Conroy, Jane E., Jolly, Clifford J., Disotell, Todd R.

“…Baboons (Mammalia: Primates, Papio) are found primarily on the continent of Africa, but the range of hamadryas baboons ( Papio hamadryas) extends to the…”
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Chimpanzee Kinship by Jolly, C. J., Oates, J. F., Disotell, T. R., Morin, Phillip A., Moore, James J., Woodruff, David S.

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Double-stranded dideoxy sequencing from "dirty" DNA--done in a day by Disotell, T R, Zehr, S M, Ruvolo, M

“…A rapid method for preparing and directly sequencing plasmid and phagemid miniprep DNA is described. This protocol is a novel combination of two fairly…”
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Nuclear gene trees and the phylogenetic relationships of the mangabeys (Primates: Papionini) by Harris, E. E., Disotell, T. R.

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Human evolution: Origins of modern humans still look recent by Disotell, Todd R.

“…That modern humans have a relatively ancient origin has been suggested on the basis of fossil and genetic evidence. But DNA sequences from an extinct…”
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Human evolution: The southern route to Asia by Disotell, Todd R.

“…Research on human origins has tended to focus on the origins of western Eurasians; only recently have genetic studies examined south and east Asian populations…”
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A new west African chimpanzee subspecies? by Gonder, M. Katherine, Oates, John F, Disotell, Todd R, Forstner, Michael R. J, Morales, Juan Carlos, Melnick, Don J

“…We have sequenced a portion of the mitochondrial DNA control region from the hairs of Nigerian chimpanzees living on both sides of the Niger River, which is…”
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Generic level relationships of the Papionini (Cercopithecoidea) by Disotell, T R

“…Phylogenetic hypotheses for the Old World monkey tribe Papionini based on molecular data are incongruent with those inferred from previous morphological…”
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