Mitochondrial DNA sequence from an enigmatic gorilla population (Gorilla gorilla ueliensis)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-368

  Hofreiter, Michael ^a   Siedel, Heike ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^b   Vigilant, Linda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Control region; MtDNA; Numt; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GORILLA; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GORILLA GORILLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0042591533     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10186     Document Type: Article

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