DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Fernando, Prithiviraj ^a   Vidya, T N C ^b   Payne, John ^c   Stuewe, Michael ^d   Davison, Geoffrey ^c   Alfred, Raymond J ^c   Andau, Patrick ^e   Bosi, Edwin ^e   Kilbourn, Annelisa ^f   Melnick, Don J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d World Wildlife Fund   (United States)

^e SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BORNEO; BREEDING; DNA DETERMINATION; ELEPHANT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEISTOCENE; TAXONOMY; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BORNEO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 3142626041     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000006     Document Type: Article

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