mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences Cynomolgus macaque. mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequences Cynomolgus macaque

The mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene segment, previously shown to be highly informative to elucidate the geographic origin of different macaque populations (de Groot et al. 2008; Doxiadis et al. 2010; Tosi et al. 2003), was sequenced for the 84 cynomolgus macaques introduced into the existing breeding colony of the BPRC. A phylogenetic comparison with reference data revealed that most of the animals, 61 in total, have a segment that clusters with reference sequences of cynomolgus macaques with an origin from the mainland north of the isthmus of Kra, 2 with reference sequences of animals originating from the mainland south of the isthmus of Kra, and 21 with reference sequences from the Indonesian and Malaysian islands.