Mitochondrial COII introgression into the nuclear genome of Gorilla gorilla

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1341-1353

  Chung, Wai Kwan ^a,c   Steiper, Michael E ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gorilla; mtDNA; Noninvasive samples; Numts

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; TRANSLOCATION;

GORILLA GORILLA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 54449099801     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-008-9303-4     Document Type: Article

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