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

Nicole Andriaholinirina1,2* email, Jean-Luc Fausser1* email, Christian Roos3,4* email, Dietmar Zinner5* email, Urs Thalmann6* 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 Rumpler1* email

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

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

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

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

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

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

Faculté des Sciences de Mahajanga, Mahajanga, Madagascar

Kölnerstr. 88, 57368 Grevenbrück, Germany

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

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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