The complex evolutionary history of gorillas: Insights from genomic data

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 146-158

  Thalmann, O H ^a   Fischer, A H ^a   Lankester, F H ^b   Paabo S H ^a   Vigilant, L H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Limbe Wildlife Centre   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Ancestral population structure; Demography; Fecal samples; Gorilla; Nuclear sequences; Population split

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GORILLA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SAMPLE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FECES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; PAN PANISCUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA; PAN;

EID: 33845899683     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl160     Document Type: Article

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