The Ancestry of the Giant Panda

Stephen J. O'Brien

The Ancestry of the Giant Panda

Stephen J. O'Brien

Department of Biological Sciences

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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.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	102-107
Journal	Scientific American
Volume	257
Issue number	5
State	Published - Nov 1 1987

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Genetics and Genomics
Life Sciences
Zoology

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