Genetic analyses favour an ancient and natural origin of elephants on Borneo

The origin of the elephant on the island of Borneo remains elusive. Research has suggested two alternative hypotheses: the Bornean elephant stems either from a recent introduction in the 17th century or from an ancient colonization several hundreds of thousands years ago. Lack of elephant fossils ha...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Reeta, Goossens, Benoit, Heller, Rasmus, Rasteiro, Rita, Othman, Nurzhafarina, Bruford, Michael W., Chikhi, Lounès
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29343863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17042-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5772424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29343863
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17042-5

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