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Chromosomal evolution in Malagasy lemurs: X. chromosomal banding studies of Propithecus diadema edwardsi and Indri indri and phylogenic relationships between all the species of the Indriidae
Author(s) -
Rumpler Y.,
Warter S.,
Ishak B.,
Dutrillaux B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1098-2345
pISSN - 0275-2565
DOI - 10.1002/ajp.1350160108
Subject(s) - lemur , biology , karyotype , chromosome , zoology , evolutionary biology , genetics , ecology , primate , gene
The R‐banded karyotypes of two Indriidae, Propithecus diadema and Indri indri , are described and compared with each other and with those of the other species of this family, previously reported, Avahi laniger and Propithecus verreauxi . These comparisons show that 30 chromosomal rearrangements, including 21 Robertsonian translocations and eight pericentric inversions, differentiate these karyotypes. A phylogenic diagram is proposed, showing the early separation of Avahi and the relatively late divergence of the three other species. A populational evolution has occurred between the three other species, but Indri is clearly separated from the two other species by at least five complex rearrangements, although it shares four Robertsonian translocations with P. verreauxi but not P. diadema .