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Orang-utans join the genome gang

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Genetic data might help save 'man of the forest'.

Orang-utans can now be added to the list of species that have had their genomes sequenced, offering conservationists a wealth of data in their efforts to save the endangered great ape.

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Milton, J. Orang-utans join the genome gang. Nature (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2011.50

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