BMC Genomics

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Open Access Methodology article

Primate phylogenomics: developing numerous nuclear non-coding, non-repetitive markers for ecological and phylogenetic applications and analysis of evolutionary rate variation

Zuogang Peng1, Navin Elango1, Derek E Wildman2 and Soojin V Yi1*

Author Affiliations

1 School of Biology, Institute of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Institute of Biosystems, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA

2 Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA

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BMC Genomics 2009, 10:247 doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-247

Published: 26 May 2009

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Additional file 1:

Genomic non-coding, non-repetitive markers generated in present study. Primer ID, corresponding human chromosome, and primer sequences are listed for the 280 markers.

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Pairwise Kimura two-parameter distances among the 10 primate species. Pairwise Kimura two-parameter distances among the 10 primate species for each marker and for concatenated dataset are listed in the table.

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Life history traits among anthropoid primate species in this study. Some important life history traits such as age of female sexual maturity, age at first birth, and lifespan are presented for the 9 ingroup species.

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