Phylogeny of gibbons (family Hylobatidae) with focus on crested gibbon (Genus Nomascus) [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Van Ngoc Thinh

GÖTTINGER ZENTRUM FÜR BIODIVERSITÄTSFORSCHUNG UND ÖKOLOGIE − GÖTTINGEN CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY − Phylogeny of Gibbons (Family Hylobatidae) with Focus on Crested Gibbons (Genus Nomascus) Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultäten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen vorgelegt von Dipl. Biol. Van Ngoc Thinh aus Hue, Vietnam Göttingen, Februar 2010 Referent: Prof. Dr. Eckhard W. HeymannKorreferent: Prof. Dr. Peter M. KappelerTag der mündlichen Prüfung: 04.05.2010 Table of contents 1 General introduction..................................................................................... 3 2 Mitochondrial evidence for multiple radiations in the evolutionary history of small apes .................................................................................. 10 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................. 11 2.2 Materials and methods................................................................................ 15 2.2.1 Sample collection ................................................................................. 15 2.2.2 Laboratory methods ............................................................................. 16 2.2.3 Statistical methods ............................................................................... 17 2.3 Results......