Allozyme variation and differentiation in African and Indian rhinoceroses.

doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110878

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Allozyme variation and differentiation in African and Indian rhinoceroses.

The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Merenlender A M, Woodruff D S, Ryder O A, Kock R, Váhala J

Abstract excerpt

We studied variation at 25 to 31 allozymic loci in African and Asian rhinoceroses. Four taxa in three genera were examined: African Ceratotherium simum simum (northern white rhinoceros), C. s. cottoni (southern white rhinoceros), Diceros bicornis (black rhinoceros), and Rhinoceros unicornis (Indi...

Topics

Animals
Biological Evolution
Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
Genetic Variation
Isoenzymes
Models, Genetic
Perissodactyla
Species Specificity

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