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Blood protein variation in a population of ethiopian vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops )
Author(s) -
Turner T. R.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330550211
Subject(s) - cercopithecus aethiops , vervet monkey , biology , population , african green monkey , mendelian inheritance , genetics , zoology , demography , gene , virus , sociology
Abstract Seven small groups of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops aethiops ), totaling 124 individuals, from Awash National Park, Ethiopia, were trapped and blood samples were obtained. Twenty‐three loci were examined by starch gel electrophoresis and four loci, Tf, E, ADA, and PMG2 were found to be polymorphic. The average heterozygosity (H̄) of the population was calculated to be 5.6%. No significant deviations from Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium proportions occurred and a chi‐square test for group homogeneity was also not significant. Average F ST for all polymorphic loci was calculated to be 0.062. This suggests that the entire group functions as a single Mendelian population.