The mitochondrial DNA molecule of sumatran orangutan and a molecular proposal for two (Bornean and Sumatran) species of orangutan

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 431-437

  Xu, Xiufeng ^a   Arnason, Ulfur ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hominoids; Orangutan Pongo; Species pairs; Species recognition

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORNEO; CHIMPANZEE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DONKEY; FEMALE; HORSE; INDONESIA; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ORANG UTAN; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WHALE;

ANIMALIA; BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS; BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HOMO; PAN (APE); PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0029913561     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02337514     Document Type: Article

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