BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Molecular phylogeny and taxonomic revision of the sportive lemurs (Lepilemur, Primates)

Nicole Andriaholinirina1,2, Jean-Luc Fausser1, Christian Roos3,4, Dietmar Zinner5, Urs Thalmann6, Clément Rabarivola7, Iary Ravoarimanana8, Jörg U Ganzhorn9, Bernhard Meier8, Roland Hilgartner10, Lutz Walter3, Alphonse Zaramody11, Christoph Langer12, Thomas Hahn13, Elke Zimmermann14, Ute Radespiel14, Mathias Craul14, Jürgen Tomiuk15, Ian Tattersall16 and Yves Rumpler1*

Author Affiliations

1 Institut d'Embryologie, Université Louis Pasteur, Faculté de Médecine-EA3428, 11 rue Humann, 67085 Strasbourg, France

2 Faculté des Sciences Dépt. d'Anthropologie Biologique, Antananarivo, Madagascar

3 Primate Genetics, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

4 Gene Bank of Primates, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

5 Cognitive Ethology, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

6 Anthropological Institute, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland

7 Faculté des Sciences de Mahajanga, Mahajanga, Madagascar

8 Kölnerstr. 88, 57368 Grevenbrück, Germany

9 Abt. Tierökologie und Naturschutz, Biozentrum Grindel, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

10 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Kellnerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

11 Université de Mahajanga, Faculté des Sciences, Dépt. de Biologie Animale, B.P. 652, Mahajanga 401, Madagascar

12 von Freybergstr. 45, 87629 Füssen, Germany

13 Dept. of Cell Physiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Jahnstr. 29, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

14 Institute of Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Bünteweg 17, 30559 Hannover, Germany

15 Institute of Human Genetics, University of Tübingen, Wilhelmstr. 27, 72074 Tübingen, Germany

16 Division of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History New York, New York 10024, USA

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:17 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-6-17

Published: 23 February 2006

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Additional File 1:

A table showing details on studied sportive lemur individuals.

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A table showing diploid number (2N) and chromosomal rearrangements among species and populations [9].

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A table showing minimum and maximum uncorrected pairwise genetic differences (in %) within and among analysed species and populations based on complete mitochondrial cytochrome b sequence data.

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A table showing number of diagnostic characters as obtained from population aggregation analysis (PAA).

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A table showing morphometric measurements for the L. aeeclis syntype skull

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A table showing morphometric measurements of L. randrianasoli and L. aeeclis in comparison with L. ruficaudatus.

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A table showing morphometric measurements for L. sahamalazensis in comparison to L. dorsalis.

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A table showing classification of sportive lemurs.

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