Title

The Ancestry of the Giant Panda

Authors

Stephen J. O'BrienFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-1987

Publication Title

Scientific American

ISSN

0036-8733

Volume

257

Issue/No.

5

First Page

102

Last Page

107

Abstract

Investigates the genealogy of the giant panda. Comparison of the homologous proteins from the giant panda, the red panda, the raccoon and several bears; Use of the principles of the molecular clock hypothesis to construct a phylogenetic diagram; DNA data indicating that the giant panda is more closely related to bears that to raccoons; Bizarre type of chromosomes seen in the giant panda.

Comments

©1987 Scientific American

NSUWorks Citation

O'Brien, Stephen J.. 1987. "The Ancestry of the Giant Panda." Scientific American 257, (5): 102-107. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_bio_facarticles/365

ORCID ID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015