Subspecies composition and founder contr
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John J. Ely; Brent Dye; William I. Frels; Jo Fritz; Pascal Gagneux; Henry H. Khu
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Chimpanzees are presently classified into three subspecies: Pan troglodytes verus from west Africa, P.t. troglodytes from central Africa, and P.t. schweinfurthii from east Africa. A fourth subspecies (P.t. vellerosus), from Cameroon and northern Nigeria, has been proposed. These taxonomic designatio