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

Nicole Andriaholinirina* 1,2 email, Jean-Luc Fausser* 1 email, Christian Roos* 3,4 email, Dietmar Zinner* 5 email, Urs Thalmann* 6 email, Clément Rabarivola7 email, Iary Ravoarimanana8 email, Jörg U Ganzhorn9 email, Bernhard Meier8 email, Roland Hilgartner10 email, Lutz Walter3 email, Alphonse Zaramody11 email, Christoph Langer12 email, Thomas Hahn13 email, Elke Zimmermann14 email, Ute Radespiel14 email, Mathias Craul14 email, Jürgen Tomiuk15 email, Ian Tattersall16 email and Yves Rumpler* 1 email

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

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

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

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

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

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

7Faculté des Sciences de Mahajanga, Mahajanga, Madagascar

8Kölnerstr. 88, 57368 Grevenbrück, Germany

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

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

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

12von Freybergstr. 45, 87629 Füssen, Germany

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

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

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

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

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

BMC Evolutionary Biology 2006, 6:17doi: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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