@article{Rahim_Gani_Abdullah_1, title={Phylogenetic Relationships of Macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) Inferred from Partial Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) Cytochrome Oxidase II (COII) gene}, volume={4}, url={https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/BJRST/article/view/243}, DOI={10.33736/bjrst.243.2014}, abstractNote={The molecular phylogenetic relationships among ten species of macaques were assessed using mitochondrial<br />DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome oxidase II (COII) gene. The 27 individuals comprising of ten species within genus<br />Macaca, namely, M. sylvanus, M. mulatta, M. cyclopis, M. arctoides, M. fascicularis, M. assamensis, M.<br />thibetana, M. nemestrina, M. leonina and M. silenus were used in this study. The phylogenetic trees were<br />reconstructed using neighbor-joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods.<br />Based on our constructed tree, it is suggested that the results from phylogenetic analyses demonstrated four<br />groups of macaques. In addition, the trees showed topology of M. sylvanus as a sister clade to all Asian<br />macaques. The silenus group, which diverged first after M. sylvanus formed their own clade, consisted of<br />macaque species M. silenus, M. nemestrina and M. leonina. Meanwhile, the sinica group consisted of M.<br />assamensis and M. thibetana, and the fascicularis group comprised of M. fascicularis, M. arctoides, M. mulatta<br />and M. cyclopis. Our ML tree also showed that M. arctoides is a member of fascicularis group. Our study, also<br />indicated that our results neglect the classification based on outer appearances and supports the proposed<br /&gt;molecular work view.}, number={1}, journal={Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology}, author={Rahim, Noor Aisyah and Gani, Millawati and Abdullah, Mohd Tajuddin}, year={1}, month={1}, pages={42-51} }