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The Ancestry of the Giant Panda

ORCID

0000-0001-7353-8301

ResearcherID

N-1726-2015

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Scientific American

ISSN

0036-8733

Publication Date

11-1987

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.

Volume

257

Issue

5

First Page

102

Last Page

107

Comments

©1987 Scientific American

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