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Reference Base  Assessment of conservation units for the Sumatran Rhinoce... |
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Genetics
All Rhino Species
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| Rhinoceros are chromosomally very conservative. Rhinoceros unicornis, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Ceratotherium simum all have karyotype 2n = 82, even though they last shared a common ancestor more than 15 million years ago. |
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Genetics
White Rhino
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| The two subspecies differ in DNA composition, they apparently diverged from a common ancestor about 2 million years ago. |
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All Rhino Species
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| This method (PAA) involves successive searches for fixed differences among aggregations of local populations. Characters are attributes that are not polymorphic and are unique within populations. Traits are attributes that may be polymorphic and are not unique to a population. |
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Genetics
Sumatran Rhino
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| Total genomic DNA was isolated for all blood samples by previously described standard phenol/chloroform isolation procedures. |
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Genetics
Sumatran Rhino
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| A method employing a chelating resin (Chelex 100 BioRad) optimized for forensic samples was used to isolate DNA from the shed hair and skin samples (Amato et al.1995). |
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Distribution - Reasons for decline
Sumatran Rhino
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| Deforestation, commercial hunting for their horn. |
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