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Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon
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| author | Sithaldeen, Riashna |
| author2 | Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10830 Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon Sithaldeen, Riashna Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers Bishop, Jacqueline Archaeology Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-175). This thesis contributes to our understanding of the role of climate and landscape change in structuring diversity within chacma baboons (Papio ursinus). The data set comprises molecular sequences from two mitochondrial DNA markers: the Brown region and the hypervariable D-loop. DNA was extracted from faecal samples of 261 free living chacma baboons across southern Africa. Phylogenetic and phylogeographic techniques, including coalescent modeling, were used to examine past and present population dynamics of chacma baboon populations. Bayesian tree constructions provide a timeline of diversification for the sample. Although the ecological drivers of ongoing differentiation remain unclear, it was shown that population contractions and expansions have also played a significant role in driving regional genetic structure within the species. 2015-01-01T12:35:37Z 2015-01-01T12:35:37Z 2011 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10830 eng application/pdf Department of Archaeology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Archaeology Sithaldeen, Riashna Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| title_full | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| title_fullStr | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| title_short | Phylogeny and phylogeography of the Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern African baboon |
| title_sort | phylogeny and phylogeography of the chacma baboon papio ursinus the role of landscape in shaping contemporary genetic structure in the southern african baboon |
| topic | Archaeology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10830 |
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