Genome analysis outlines variations in orangutans of Borneo, Sumatra

In the forests of Borneo and Sumatra orangutans are an endangered primate population so similar and yet different from man and each other, according to a recently published genome analysis of the two populations of orangutans still existing in the world. The multi-national study defines many of the similarities between the two populations and the differences between these members of the Great Ape family and humans.

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