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. 2013 Apr 12;13:82. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-82

Table 2.

Diversity levels within gibbon and great ape genera and species

Gibbons
Sequence
 Genus or species
 N
 L (bp)
 π (%)
 θw (%)
 Data source
14 autosomal loci
 Hylobates
 58
 11501
 0.61
 0.76
 Present study
Nomascus
 18
 11501
 0.36
 0.42
Symphalangus
 12
 11501
 0.17
 0.19
H. agilis
 12
 11501
 0.26
 0.26
H. klossii
 2
 11501
 0.08
 0.08
H. lar
 22
 11501
 0.35
 0.30
H. moloch
 8
 11501
 0.17
 0.16
H. muelleri
 6
 11501
 0.44
 0.45
H. pileatus
 8
 11501
 0.06
 0.07
N. concolor
 2
 11501
 0.09
 0.09
N. gabriellae
 4
 11501
 0.26
 0.24
N. leucogenys
 8
 11501
 0.28
 0.28
N. siki
 4
 11501
 0.19
 0.19
20 nuclear locia (17 autosomal and three X chromosomal loci)
 Hylobates
 16
 64785
 0.53
 0.50
 [22]
Nomascus
 18
 90202
 0.30
 0.33
  
Symphalangus
 2
 40266
 0.15
 0.15
  
Hoolock
 2
 25053
 0.19
 0.19
  
H. agilis
 6
 32213
 0.28
 0.26
  
H. lar
 2
 36620
 0.24
 0.24
  
H. moloch
 2
 26187
 0.31
 0.31
  
H. muelleri
 2
 31706
 0.47
 0.47
  
H. pileatus
 4
 47677
 0.26
 0.26
  
N. gabriellae
 4
 79835
 0.23
 0.23
  
 
 N. leucogenys
 14
 88531
 0.26
 0.27
  
Mtgenome
 Hylobates
 29
 15225
 3.92
 3.95
 [18]b
Nomascus
 9
 15225
 1.61
 1.76
  
Symphalangus
 11
 15225
 0.49
 0.66
  
H. agilis
 4
 15225
 1.08
 1.11
  
H. lar
 15
 15225
 0.28
 0.42
  
H. moloch
 3
 15225
 0.48
 0.48
  
H. muelleri
 4
 15225
 1.68
 1.47
  
 
 H. pileatus
 2
 15225
 0.07
 0.07
  
Cytochrome b
 Hoolock
 5
 1140
 5.39
 5.31
 [10]c
Hylobates
 39
 1140
 19.3
 1.68
Nomascus
 37
 1140
 4.13
 3.87
Symphalangus
 4
 1140
 1.14
 1.10
H. agilis
 8
 1140
 1.67
 1.62
H. albibarbis
 2
 1140
 1.05
 1.05
H. klossii
 5
 1140
 0.70
 0.72
H. lar
 11
 1140
 1.30
 1.56
H. moloch
 3
 1140
 0.94
 0.94
H. muelleri
 6
 1140
 2.39
 2.61
H. pileatus
 4
 1140
 0.59
 0.59
N. gabriellae
 9
 1140
 0.46
 0.48
 
 N. leucogenys
 8
 1140
 0.46
 0.44
  
Y chromosome
 Hylobates
 19
 6137
 1.00
 1.10
 [19]
 
 Nomascus
 4
 6137
 0.23
 0.22
  
 
 Symphalangus
 3
 6137
 0.02
 0.02
  
Great apes
Sequence
 Genus or species
 N
 L (bp)
 π (%)
 θw (%)
 Data source
Autosomal loci Homo
 90
 16001
 0.12
 0.14
 [57,58]
Gorilla
 34
 14017
 0.14
 0.15
 [59]
Pan
 78
 21742
 0.24
 0.36
 [57,60]d
Pongo 32 16001 0.36 0.35 [57]

N is the number of chromosomes; L is the averaged sequence length; π and θw are two standard diversity indices. aThe loci were aligned to the human chromosomes 7, 8, 20, 22 and X. bMtgenome sequences excluding the control regions from the 49 gibbon individuals were used for the diversity index calculation; cCytochrome b gene sequences from 85 gibbons were used for the diversity index calculation; dAutosomal sequences of 25 regions from nine bonobo and 30 chimpanzee individuals were used for the diversity index calculation.