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Genomic differentiation among natural populations of orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus).
Current biology : CB - 1 Oct 1996
Zhi L, Karesh W B, Janczewski D N, Frazier-Taylor H, Sajuthi D, Gombek F, Andau M, Martenson J S, O'Brien S J
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BACKGROUND: Orang-utans exist today in small isolated populations on the islands of Borneo (subspecies Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) and Sumatra (subspecies P. p. abelii). Although, on the basis of their morphological, behavioral and cytogenetical characteristics, the Bornean and Sumatran orang-utan p...
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