ArticleBMC ecology and evolution2022
Genomic variation in baboons from central Mozambique unveils complex evolutionary relationships with other Papio species.
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- Mozambique's Colonial-Era Non-Human Primate Collection at the National Museum of Natural History and Science of Lisbon: Taxonomy, Provenance, and Historical Context.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- The Primates of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- Baboons at a Crossroads: Hybridisation Events and Genomic Links of Central Mozambique's Baboons With Papio Neighbors.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- Effects of an Extreme Weather Event on Primate Populations.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- Assessing the recovery of Y chromosome microsatellites with population genomic data using Papio and Theropithecus genomes.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Yet Another Non-Unique Human Behaviour: Leave-Taking in Wild Chacma Baboons (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundGorongosa National Park in Mozambique hosts a large population of baboons, numbering over 200 troops. Gorongosa baboons have been tentatively identified as part of Papio ursinus on the basis of previous limited morphological analysis and a handful of mitochondrial DNA sequences. However, a recent morphological and morphometric analysis of Gorongosa baboons pinpointed the occurrence of several traits intermediate between P. ursinus and P. cynocephalus, leaving open the possibility of past and/or ongoing gene flow in the baboon population of Gorongosa National Park. In order to investigate the evolutionary history of baboons in Gorongosa, we generated high and low coverage whole genome sequence data of Gorongosa baboons and compared it to available Papio genomes.
resultsWe confirmed that P. ursinus is the species closest to Gorongosa baboons. However, the Gorongosa baboon genomes share more derived alleles with P. cynocephalus than P. ursinus does, but no recent gene flow between P. ursinus and P. cynocephalus was detected when available Papio genomes were analyzed. Our results, based on the analysis of autosomal, mitochondrial and Y chromosome data, suggest complex, possibly male-biased, gene flow between Gorongosa baboons and P. cynocephalus, hinting to direct or indirect contributions from baboons belonging to the "northern" Papio clade, and signal the presence of population structure within P. ursinus.
conclusionsThe analysis of genome data generated from baboon samples collected in central Mozambique highlighted a complex set of evolutionary relationships with other baboons. Our results provided new insights in the population dynamics that have shaped baboon diversity.
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