Resolving a zoological mystery: The kouprey is a real species

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1627, 2007, Pages 2849-2855

  Hassanin, Alexandre ^a   Ropiquet, Anne ^a,b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bos javanicus; Bos sauveli; Conservation; Hybridization; Introgression; Kouprey

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DNA MARKER;

CATTLE; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); CAMBODIAN; DNA DETERMINATION; GENOME; HAPLOTYPE; KOUPREY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BOS; BOS GAURUS; BOS INDICUS; BOS JAVANICUS; BOS PRIMIGENIUS; BOS SAUVELI; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS;

EID: 35848930399     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0830     Document Type: Article

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