Title
Central and eastern chimpanzees are characterized by clinal genetic variation rather than a distant subspecies break
Author(s)
Funfstuck, T., M. Arandjelovic, D. B. Morgan, C. Sanz, P. Reed, S. H. Olson, K. Cameron, A. Ondzie, M. Peeters and L. Vigilant
Published
2015
Publisher
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
Abstract
Geographically isolated populations of the same species are often called subspecies and expected to show some degree of genetic distinctiveness. However, previous genetic studies on two of the four chimpanzee subspecies, central and eastern, have been unreliable and have not always shown clear genetic divergence. This abstract outlines a study presented at the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) which examines the evolutionary distinctiveness of central and eastern chimpanzees and highlights the difficult nature of subspecies definitions.
Full Citation
Funfstuck, T., M. Arandjelovic, D. B. Morgan, C. Sanz, P. Reed, S. H. Olson, K. Cameron, A. Ondzie, M. Peeters and L. Vigilant (2015). "Central and eastern chimpanzees are characterized by clinal genetic variation rather than a distant subspecies break (Meeting Abstract, The 84th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists)." American Journal of Physical Anthropology156(Supplement S60): 139.

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