The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mitchell, Matthew W ^a,b   Locatelli, Sabrina ^b,c   Ghobrial, Lora ^b,d   Pokempner, Amy A ^b,e   Clee, Paul R Sesink ^a,b   Abwe, Ekwoge E ^f,g   Nicholas, Aaron ^h   Nkembi, Louis ⁱ   Anthony, Nicola M ^j   Morgan, Bethan J ^f,g,k   Fotso, Roger ^l   Peeters, Martine ^c   Hahn, Beatrice H ^m   Gonder, Mary Katherine ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^g Ebo Forest Research Project   (Cameroon)

^h Wildlife Conservation Society Tazania   (Tanzania)

ⁱ Environment and Rural Development Foundation   (Cameroon)

^j University of New Orleans   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^l WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Cameroon)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SUBSPECIES; WILD POPULATION;

CAMEROON; NIGERIA;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; CAMEROON; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; NIGERIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAMEROON; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NIGERIA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84924046717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0276-y     Document Type: Article

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