Primate Molecular Phylogeny

Todd Disotell, Department of Anthropology, New York University

Abstract: Hypotheses of primate phylogenetic relationships have been greatly influenced by molecular systematic approaches. Improved methods of obtaining and amplifying DNA from a greater number of sources from more species and subspecies, high-throughput sequencing techniques, the characterization of genomic events such as the insertion of retrotransposons, along with new analytical techniques, have allowed inferences to be drawn for most genus-level branches of the primate phylogenetic tree.