LOW GENETIC DIVERSITY IN SICHUAN SNUB NOSED MONKEY REVEALED BY PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
川金丝猴遗传多样性的蛋白电泳及其保护生物学意义

The blood samples of 19 individuals of Sichuan snub nosed monkey ( Rhinopichecus roxellana ) from two different geological regions were investigated in this study.All of forty four genetic loci surveyed were monomorphic.Its mean heterozygosity, a measurement of genetic diversity, was zero.Considering the larger size of population and better living state of Sichuan snub nosed monkey than Yunnan snub nosed monkey ( R bieti ),we inferred that Sichuan snub nosed monkey might have experienced previous bottleneck, and after this,its population recovered.The speculation is also supported by geological data.