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Pan

Chimpanzees

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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) adult maleChimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) adult male
Containing group: Hominidae

Other Names for Pan

References

Fischer, A., V. Wiebe, S. Pääbo, and M. Przeworski. 2004. Evidence for a complex demographic history of chimpanzees. Molecular Biology and Evolution 21:799-808.

Goodall, J. 1986. The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior. Belknap Press.

Kaessmann, H., V. Wiebe, and S. Pääbo. 1999. Extensive nuclear DNA sequence diversity among chimpanzees, Science 286:1159-1162.

Patterson, N., D. J. Richter, S. Gnerre, E. S. Lander, and D. Reich. 2006. Genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees. Nature 441:1103–1108.

Stone, A. C., R. C. Griffiths, S. L. Zegura, and M. F. Hammer. 2002. High levels of Y-chromosome nucleotide diversity in the genus Pan. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 99:43-48.

Whiten A., J. Goodall, W.C. McGrew, T. Nishida, V. Reynolds, Y. Sugiyama, C. E. G. Tutin, R. W. Wrangham, and C. Boesch. 1999. Cultures in chimpanzees. Nature 399(6737):682-685.

Yu, N., M. I. Jensen-Seaman, L. Chemnick, J. R. Kidd, A. S. Deinard, O. Ryder, K. K. Kidd, and W.-H. Li. 2003. Low nucleotide diversity in chimpanzees and bonobos. Genetics 164:1511-1518.

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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) adult male
Scientific Name Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
Location Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Comments Portrait of a prime high-ranking wild adult male
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Body Part Head
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) adult male
Scientific Name Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii
Location Gombe National Park, Tanzania
Comments Portrait of a prime high-ranking wild adult male
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
Body Part Head
Copyright © 2005
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