DNA Analysis Indicates That Asian Elephants Are Native to Borneo and Are Therefore a High Priority for Conservation

The origin of Borneo's elephants is controversial. Two competing hypotheses argue that they are either indigenous, tracing back to the Pleistocene, or were introduced, descending from elephants imported in the 16th–18th centuries. Taxonomically, they have either been classified as a unique subs...

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Autores principales: Fernando, Prithiviraj, Vidya, T. N. C, Payne, John, Stuewe, Michael, Davison, Geoffrey, Alfred, Raymond J, Andau, Patrick, Bosi, Edwin, Kilbourn, Annelisa, Melnick, Don J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2003
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC176546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12929206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0000006

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC176546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12929206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0000006

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