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A set of human tri- and tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci useful for population analyses in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

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  1. Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, CA, 92112, USA

    Yun-wu Zhang & Oliver A. Ryder

  2. Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS, Yunnan, 650223, China

    Yun-wu Zhang & Ya-ping Zhang

  3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, D-04103, Leipzig, Germany

    Phillip A. Morin

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Zhang, Yw., Morin, P.A., Ryder, O.A. et al. A set of human tri- and tetra-nucleotide microsatellite loci useful for population analyses in gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) and orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Conservation Genetics 2, 391–395 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012594626095

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