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Molecular systematics for taxonomic placement of a gorilla of uncertain origin
Author(s) -
Amato George,
Wharton Dan,
Baker Richard,
Ruvolo Maryellen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
zoo biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1098-2361
pISSN - 0733-3188
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1999)18:5<429::aid-zoo8>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - gorilla , biology , clade , zoology , atlanta , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , genetics , archaeology , gene , geography , paleontology , metropolitan area
An adult male gorilla was donated from private ownership in 1994 to Zoo Atlanta and became part of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's Gorilla Species Survival Plan. This animal, Ivan, was captured as an infant in Africa in 1964. Ambiguity regarding origin and concomitant sub‐species designation was resolved by analyzing the cytochrome oxidase II mitochondrial gene known to contain eight diagnostic sites for gorilla sub‐species. Ivan has the diagnostic profile that characterizes the western clade Gorilla gorilla gorilla . Zoo Biol 18:429–432, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.