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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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Public Library of Science
2003
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| 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 |