Date of Award
1-1-2014
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
College/School/Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Content Description
1 online resource (xv, 175 pages) : color illustrations, color maps
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Mary Katherine Gonder
Committee Members
Caro-Beth Stewart, Jeremy J Kirchman, George R Robinson, Adam H Freedman
Keywords
Cameroon, Chimpanzee, Evolution, Genetics, Population genetics, Chimpanzees, Biodiversity
Subject Categories
Biology
Abstract
In this dissertation, I combine population genetic and demographic history analyses of autosomal, mitochondrial and Y-chromosome genetic markers with spatially explicit modeling techniques to study the biogeographic mechanisms responsible for shaping patterns of genetic diversity among chimpanzees in Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. I also describe a new software tool, TESS Ad-Mixer, that I developed early on in this study to help visualize the geographic distribution of demes recovered from population cluster analyses.
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Matthew William, "The role of landscape variation in shaping the evolutionary diversification of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in a biodiversity hotspot" (2014). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1204.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1204