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Genes reveal jumbo schism

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Elephants from Africa's plains and forest might be two different species.

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  1. Roca, A. L., Georgiadis, N., Pecon Slattery, J. & O'Brien, J., Genetic evidence for two species of elephant in Africa. Science 293, 1473 - 1477 (2001).

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