Molecular systematics and conservation of the langurs and leaf monkeys of South Asia

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-399

  Karanth, K Praveen ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Hanuman langur; hybridization; phylogeny; Semnopithecus; taxonomic uniqueness; Trachypithecus

Indexed keywords

HANUMAN; HAPLORHINI; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; SEMNOPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS; TRACHYPITHECUS VETULUS;

CYTOCHROME B; LYSOZYME; PROTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COLOBINAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROMES B; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTAMINES;

EID: 79955041518     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-010-0057-3     Document Type: Article

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