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DNA archives and our nearest relative: the trichotomy problem revisited.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Feb 2000
Satta Y, Klein J, Takahata N
Abstract excerpt
Ever since Thomas H. Huxley correctly identified the chimpanzee and the gorilla as the two closest relatives of the human, the problem of the relationship among the three species ("the trichotomy problem") has remained unresolved. Comparative morphology and other classical methods of biological investigation have failed to answer definitively whether the chimpanzee or the gorilla is the closest relative of the...
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