GENETIC VARIATIONS AND PHYLOGENETIC PROPERTIES OF PROTEIN MACROMOLECULES OF CHIMPANZEES.
Abstract
Computer programs for analyzing immunodiffusion and allelic data have been established. So far the immunodiffusion data (also electrophoretic and enzymatic data) on higher primate proteins reveal that the closest phylogenetic relatives of chimpanzee are man and gorilla; next comes the orangutan, and then the gibbons. Allelic data, particularly on transferrins, show a marked difference in genotypes between eastern (Congo; P. t. schweinfurthi) and western (Sierra-Leone, Liberia, Ghana; P. t. verus) chimpanzees, with the eastern chimpanzees also showing much higher genetic variability. At the submolecular level of immunoglobulins and red cell stromas differences and affinities between man and chimpanzee are being found. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0668129
Entities
People
- M. D. Poulik
- Morris Goodman
Organizations
- Wayne State University