caa a22 4500 475768728 CHVBK 20180406123613.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005435718241 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005435718241 Phylogenetic Relationships of Spider Monkeys (Ateles) Based on Mitochondrial DNA Variation [Elektronische Daten] [A. Collins, J. Dubach] Our goal was to determine phylogenetic relationships among geographically and taxonomically distinct haplotypes of spider monkeys (Ateles) based on DNA sequence variation for the mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome c oxidase subunit II gene. We obtained samples from most previously recognized subspecies of Ateles, ranging from Central America throughout the Amazon Basin, to determine phylogenetic relationships among racially recognized groups. Comparison of DNA sequences using both parsimony analysis and genetic distance analysis produced phylogenetic relationships that were very similar for each genetic region. We analyzed the phylograms produced, along with associated bootstrap support, confidence probabilities, and genetic distances between taxonomic groups, to identify four monophyletic species of Ateles: Ateles paniscus, composed of haplotypes from the northeastern Amazon Basin; A. belzebuth in the southern Amazon Basin; A. hybridus, located primarily along the Magdalena River valley of Colombia; and A. geoffroyi, which includes two former species: A. geoffroyi and A. fusciceps. This arrangement is contradictory to long-held taxonomies of Ateles based on pelage variation and is similar to a recent analysis based on craniodental variation. Results of this investigation suggest patterns of gene flow, evolutionary relationships, and speciation patterns that are more plausible than previous pelage-based taxonomies, which required seemingly impossible patterns of gene flow. Conservation efforts aimed at protecting Ateles, one of the Neotropics most endangered genera, will also benefit from the findings presented in this paper. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 phylogenetics nationallicence taxonomy nationallicence systematic nationallicence Ateles nationallicence Cebidae nationallicence Collins A. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, Wisconsin aut Dubach J. Department of Conservation Biology, Ada F. and Daniel L. Rice Conservation Biology and Research Center, Brookfield Zoological Institution, 60513, Brookfield, Illinois aut International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(2000-06-01), 381-420 0164-0291 21:3<381 2000 21 10764 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005435718241 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005435718241 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Collins A. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 53706, Wisconsin aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dubach J. Department of Conservation Biology, Ada F. and Daniel L. Rice Conservation Biology and Research Center, Brookfield Zoological Institution, 60513, Brookfield, Illinois aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Primatology Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 21/3(2000-06-01), 381-420 0164-0291 21:3<381 2000 21 10764 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer