Reconstructing the demographic history of orang-utans using Approximate Bayesian Computation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 310-327

  Nater, Alexander ^a   Greminger, Maja P ^a   Arora, Natasha ^a   Van Schaik, Carel P ^a   Goossens, Benoit ^b,c,d   Singleton, Ian ^e,f   Verschoor, Ernst J ^g   Warren, Kristin S ^h   Krützen, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary   (Malaysia)

^d SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^e Foundation for A Sustainable Ecosystem (YEL)   (Indonesia)

^f Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (PanEco YEL)   (Indonesia)

^g BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^h MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian Computation; demographic history; Pongo spp.; population structure

Indexed keywords

PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BORNEO; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; INDONESIA; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORANG UTAN; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BORNEO; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; INDONESIA; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PONGO ABELII; PONGO PYGMAEUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84920939217     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13027     Document Type: Article

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