Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques.
The evolutionary history of macaques, genus Macaca, has been under debate due to the short times of divergence. In this study, maternal, paternal, and biparental genetic systems were applied to infer phylogenetic relationships among macaques and to trace ancient hybridization events in their evoluti...
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| author | Juan Jiang Jianqiu Yu Jing Li Peng Li Zhenxin Fan Lili Niu Jiabo Deng Bisong Yue Jing Li |
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| description | The evolutionary history of macaques, genus Macaca, has been under debate due to the short times of divergence. In this study, maternal, paternal, and biparental genetic systems were applied to infer phylogenetic relationships among macaques and to trace ancient hybridization events in their evolutionary history. Using a PCR display method, 17 newly phylogenetically informative Alu insertions were identified from M. assamensis. We combined presence/absence analysis of 84 Alu elements with mitochondrial genomes as well as nuclear sequences (five autosomal genes, two Y chromosomal genes, and one X chromosomal fragment) to reconstruct a robust macaque phylogeny. Topologies generated from different inherited markers were similar supporting six well defined species groups and a close relationship of M. assamensis and M. thibetana, but differed in the placing of M. arctoides. Both Alu elements and nuclear genes supported that M. arctoides was close to the sinica group, whereas the mitochondrial data clustered it into the fascicularis/mulatta lineage. Our results reveal that a sex-biased hybridization most likely occurred in the evolutionary history of M. arctoides, and suggest an introgressive pattern of male-mediated gene flow from the ancestors of M. arctoides to the M. mulatta population followed by nuclear swamping. According to the estimation of divergence dates, the hybridization occurred around 0.88~1.77 mya (nuclear data) or 1.38~2.56 mya (mitochondrial data). In general, our study indicates that a combination of various molecular markers could help explain complicated evolutionary relationships. Our results have provided new insights into the evolutionary history of macaques and emphasize that hybridization might play an important role in macaque evolution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d68fb16c669949ee96a631ff59193ea32022-12-21T18:24:04ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01115e015466510.1371/journal.pone.0154665Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques.Juan JiangJianqiu YuJing LiPeng LiZhenxin FanLili NiuJiabo DengBisong YueJing LiThe evolutionary history of macaques, genus Macaca, has been under debate due to the short times of divergence. In this study, maternal, paternal, and biparental genetic systems were applied to infer phylogenetic relationships among macaques and to trace ancient hybridization events in their evolutionary history. Using a PCR display method, 17 newly phylogenetically informative Alu insertions were identified from M. assamensis. We combined presence/absence analysis of 84 Alu elements with mitochondrial genomes as well as nuclear sequences (five autosomal genes, two Y chromosomal genes, and one X chromosomal fragment) to reconstruct a robust macaque phylogeny. Topologies generated from different inherited markers were similar supporting six well defined species groups and a close relationship of M. assamensis and M. thibetana, but differed in the placing of M. arctoides. Both Alu elements and nuclear genes supported that M. arctoides was close to the sinica group, whereas the mitochondrial data clustered it into the fascicularis/mulatta lineage. Our results reveal that a sex-biased hybridization most likely occurred in the evolutionary history of M. arctoides, and suggest an introgressive pattern of male-mediated gene flow from the ancestors of M. arctoides to the M. mulatta population followed by nuclear swamping. According to the estimation of divergence dates, the hybridization occurred around 0.88~1.77 mya (nuclear data) or 1.38~2.56 mya (mitochondrial data). In general, our study indicates that a combination of various molecular markers could help explain complicated evolutionary relationships. Our results have provided new insights into the evolutionary history of macaques and emphasize that hybridization might play an important role in macaque evolution.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4852913?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Juan Jiang Jianqiu Yu Jing Li Peng Li Zhenxin Fan Lili Niu Jiabo Deng Bisong Yue Jing Li Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. PLoS ONE |
| title | Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. |
| title_full | Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. |
| title_fullStr | Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. |
| title_short | Mitochondrial Genome and Nuclear Markers Provide New Insight into the Evolutionary History of Macaques. |
| title_sort | mitochondrial genome and nuclear markers provide new insight into the evolutionary history of macaques |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4852913?pdf=render |
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