Population genomic analysis reveals a rich speciation and demographic history of orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii).

To gain insights into evolutionary forces that have shaped the history of Bornean and Sumatran populations of orang-utans, we compare patterns of variation across more than 11 million single nucleotide polymorphisms found by previous mitochondrial and autosomal genome sequencing of 10 wild-caught or...

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Main Authors: Xin Ma, Joanna L Kelley, Kirsten Eilertson, Shaila Musharoff, Jeremiah D Degenhardt, André L Martins, Tomas Vinar, Carolin Kosiol, Adam Siepel, Ryan N Gutenkunst, Carlos D Bustamante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3806739?pdf=render