Alu Elements and Hominid Phylogenetics

@article{citeulike:1939868, abstract = {Alu elements have inserted in primate genomes throughout the evolution of the order. One particular Alu lineage (Ye) began amplifying relatively early in hominid evolution and continued propagating at a low level as many of its members are found in a variety of hominid genomes. This study represents the first conclusive application of short interspersed elements, which are considered nearly homoplasy-free, to elucidate the phylogeny of hominids. Phylogenetic analysis of Alu Ye5 elements and elements from several other subfamilies reveals high levels of support for monophyly of Hominidae, tribe Hominini and subtribe Hominina. Here we present the strongest evidence reported to date for a sister relationship between humans and chimpanzees while clearly distinguishing the chimpanzee and human lineages.}, author = {Salem, Abdel-Halim and Ray, David A. and Xing, Jinchuan and Callinan, Pauline A. and Myers, Jeremy S. and Hedges, Dale J. and Garber, Randall K. and Witherspoon, David J. and Jorde, Lynn B. and Batzer, Mark A. }, citeulike-article-id = {1939868}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America}, keywords = {anthropology, diversification, inference, phylogeny, primates}, number = {22}, pages = {12787--12791}, posted-at = {2007-11-19 21:56:41}, priority = {2}, title = {Alu Elements and Hominid Phylogenetics}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/3148038}, volume = {100}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1939868 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1939868 TI - Alu Elements and Hominid Phylogenetics JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America VL - 100 IS - 22 SP - 12787 EP - 12791 N2 - Alu elements have inserted in primate genomes throughout the evolution of the order. One particular Alu lineage (Ye) began amplifying relatively early in hominid evolution and continued propagating at a low level as many of its members are found in a variety of hominid genomes. This study represents the first conclusive application of short interspersed elements, which are considered nearly homoplasy-free, to elucidate the phylogeny of hominids. Phylogenetic analysis of Alu Ye5 elements and elements from several other subfamilies reveals high levels of support for monophyly of Hominidae, tribe Hominini and subtribe Hominina. Here we present the strongest evidence reported to date for a sister relationship between humans and chimpanzees while clearly distinguishing the chimpanzee and human lineages. KW - anthropology KW - diversification KW - inference KW - phylogeny KW - primates AU - Salem, Abdel-Halim AU - Ray, David AU - Xing, Jinchuan AU - Callinan, Pauline AU - Myers, Jeremy AU - Hedges, Dale AU - Garber, Randall AU - Witherspoon, David AU - Jorde, Lynn AU - Batzer, Mark PY - 2003/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/3148038 ER -