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Phylogenetic relationships among some Ateles species: the use of chromosomic and molecular characters

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Abstract

As with most platyrrhines, the systematics of Ateles is under discussion. In order to help clarify its systematic, we employed chromosomic and molecular characters to analyze the phylogenetic relationship among some species of the genus Ateles. Chromosomic studies were conducted on 14 atelid specimens: eight Ateles from A. paniscus, A. chamek, A. belzebuth and A. geoffroyi, and six Alouatta caraya. Ateles paniscus showed 2N=32, whereas A. chamek, A. belzebuth and A. geoffroyi presented 2N=34, XX/XY (with a submetacentric X and a variable Y) corroborated by male meiosis. Nucleotide sequence variation at the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit II gene (COII) was analyzed in ten New World monkey specimens. Parsimony trees showed consistent phylogenetic relationships using both chromosomic forms and mitochondrial COII gene sequences as characters. Particularly, chromosomic phylogenies showed A. hybridus as a divergent taxon from the remaining group, whereas A. chamek, A. belzebuth and A. marginatus form an unresolved clade with A. geoffroyi as sister group.

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Acknowledgements

We are grateful to FCEyN at the Buenos Aires Universty (UBA), particularly to “Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución” where the research project was developed, and to different zoos and their technical team for providing specimen material. Special thanks are extended to Dr. E. Rodriguez-Luna and D. Canales-Espinosa from “Instituto de Neuroetología”, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, México, for supporting the study of the Ateles geoffroyi male specimen performed at Catemaco and Dr. L.Cortés-Ortiz for her excellent assistance in the field. We also acknowledge Dr.V. Szapkievich for helping with the karyological work, Dr. A.J. Solari and Ben Burkley for comments on the manuscript, and CONICET for the Doctoral Fellowship awarded M.S.A. This project was funded by CONICET (grants MDM-PIP 4431/97-2000 and EH-PEI 012/97-2000) and UBACyT grants (MDM-IX 020/97-2000 and EH-TX067/97-2000).

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  1. Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva, Dept. de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, 4to Piso Lab.: 46-47, C1428EHA, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Mariela Nieves, Marina Sofía Ascunce & Marta Dolores Mudry

  2. BEECS Genetic Analysis Laboratory, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida, P.O. Box 118525, 421 Carr Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611-8525, USA

    Marina Sofía Ascunce

  3. Centro de Investigaciones en Reproducción, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay Nro. 2155, 10mo Piso, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 1121, Argentina

    Mónica Inés Rahn

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Nieves, M., Ascunce, M., Rahn, M. et al. Phylogenetic relationships among some Ateles species: the use of chromosomic and molecular characters. Primates 46, 155–164 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-004-0120-x

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