Is there sufficient evidence to elevate the orangutan of Borneo and Sumatra to separate species?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 378-379

  Muir, C Cam ^a   Galdikas, Birute M F ^a   Beckenbach, Andrew T ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological Species Concept; Bornean Orangutan; Female Home Range; Primatol; Species Definition

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BORNEO; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; INDONESIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BORNEO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INDONESIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 0032037660     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006316     Document Type: Article

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