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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2004
Clifford Stephen L, Anthony Nicola M, Bawe-Johnson Mireille, Abernethy Kate A, Tutin Caroline E G, White Lee J T, Bermejo Magdelena, Goldsmith Michelle L, McFarland Kelley, Jeffery Kathryn J, Bruford Michael W, Wickings E Jean
Abstract excerpt
The geographical distribution of genetic variation within western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) was examined to clarify the population genetic structure and recent evolutionary history of this group. DNA was amplified from shed hair collected from sites across the range of the three traditionally recognized gorilla subspecies: western lowland (G. g. gorilla), eastern lowland (G. g. graueri) and...
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