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Mitochondrial 16S rRNA sequence diversity of hominoids.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Noda R, Kim C G, Takenaka O, Ferrell R E, Tanoue T, Hayasaka I, Ueda S, Ishida T, Saitou N
Abstract excerpt
We determined nucleotide sequences of the 16S rRNA gene of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) (about 1.6 kb) for 35 chimpanzee, 13 bonobo, 10 gorilla, 16 orangutan, and 23 gibbon individuals. We compared those data with published sequences and estimated nucleotide diversity for each species. All the ape species showed higher diversity than human. We also constructed phylogenetic trees and networks. The two orangutan...
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