2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Phylogeography and taxonomy of macaques in Himalaya, Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka
| Project/Area Number |
22570089
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
KAWAMOTO Yoshi 京都大学, 霊長類研究所, 准教授 (00177750)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | ヒマラヤ山地 / インド亜大陸 / スリランカ / マカク / 系統地理と分類 / ミトコンドリアDNA / 遺伝分化 / 生態と分布 |
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| Research Abstract |
Phylogeny and interspecific competition were studied for macaques in South Asia. A wide range of Himalayan region was occupied by the western subspecies of Assamese macaques including a postulated new species of Arunachal macaques in India. Those in Bhutan and Nepal showed variation in the habitat segregation with rhesus macaques. Phylogeographical relation revealed by mtDNA study suggested that speciation of toque macaques in Sri Lanka from bonnet monkeys in India was old and there are two distinctive groups of monkeys, one in highland and the other in lowland, in the island.
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