Evolutionary diversification
Evolutionary diversification of the chacma baboon: a genetic study
Description
The chacma baboon is distributed across much of southern Africa, yet little is known about the genetic diversity in this taxon or how this diversity came to be. This research projects aims to assess mtDNA haplotype diversity in the chacma baboon. Our goal is to determine how this diversity maps to the known distribution of this primate, and to assess the role that gene flow, drift, or adaptive divergence might have played in structuring this diversity. Sampling for this research is being done across much of southern Africa, including provences in South Africa (Limpopo, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Northern Cape, etc), and Namibia.
Research funded by:
NRF and PAST
