Multi-year lactation and its consequences in Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)
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Speciation and intrasubspecific variation of Bornean orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus.
Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) from six different populations on the island of Borneo were determined and analyzed for evidence of regional diversity and were compared separately with orangutans from the island of Sumatra. Within the Bornean population, four distinct subpopulations were identified. Furthermore, the results of this study revealed marked...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0340-5443,1432-0762
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1504-y