Molecular systematics of the living rhinoceros.

doi:10.1006/mpev.1994.1015

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Molecular systematics of the living rhinoceros.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 1994

Morales J C, Melnick D J

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Classification of the living species of rhinoceros has been somewhat controversial. Traditionally, the two-horned rhinoceros, which includes the African (Diceros and Ceratotherium) and the Asian (Dicerorhinus) forms, has been included in one group separate from the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinocer...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
DNA Primers
Genetic Variation
Haplotypes
Molecular Sequence Data
Perissodactyla
Phylogeny
Species Specificity

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