The genome of the vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus)
We describe a genome reference of the African green monkey or vervet (Chlorocebus aethiops). This member of the Old World monkey (OWM) superfamily is uniquely valuable for genetic investigations of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), for which it is the most abundant natural host species, and of a wide range of health-related phenotypes assessed in Caribbean vervets (C. a. sabaeus), whose numbers have expanded dramatically since Europeans introduced small numbers of their ancestors from West Africa during the colonial era. We use the reference to characterize the genomic relationship between... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2015 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Genome Research, vol 25, iss 12 |
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eScholarship
University of California |
Schlagwörter: | Human Genome / Biotechnology / Genetics / Infection / Animals / Chlorocebus aethiops / Chromosome Painting / Computational Biology / Evolution / Molecular / Gene Rearrangement / Genetic Variation / Genome / Genomics / Karyotype / Major Histocompatibility Complex / Molecular Sequence Annotation / Phylogeny / Phylogeography / Biological Sciences / Medical and Health Sciences / Bioinformatics |
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Link(s) : | https://escholarship.org/uc/item/00f0b1xp |