"Pongo pygmaeus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A species of orangutan, family HOMINIDAE, found in the forests on the island of Borneo.
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D011148
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.112.400.635.650
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pongo pygmaeus" by people in Profiles.
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Steiper ME. Population history, biogeography, and taxonomy of orangutans (Genus: Pongo) based on a population genetic meta-analysis of multiple loci. J Hum Evol. 2006 May; 50(5):509-22.
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Steiper ME, Wolfe ND, Karesh WB, Kilbourn AM, Bosi EJ, Ruvolo M. The phylogenetic and evolutionary history of a novel alpha-globin-type gene in orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Infect Genet Evol. 2006 Jul; 6(4):277-86.
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Steiper ME, Wolfe ND, Karesh WB, Kilbourn AM, Bosi EJ, Ruvolo M. The population genetics of the alpha-2 globin locus of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). J Mol Evol. 2005 Mar; 60(3):400-8.
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Steiper ME, Ruvolo M. Genetic sex identification in orangutans. Anthropol Anz. 2003 Mar; 61(1):1-5.