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Pan paniscus

Known as: Chimpanzee, Pygmy, Pygmy Chimpanzees, Bonobo 
The pygmy chimpanzee, a species of the genus Pan, family HOMINIDAE. Its common name is Bonobo, which was once considered a separate genus by some… 
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Accelerated evolution of Protocadherin11X/Y: A candidate gene‐pair for cerebral asymmetry and language
It has been argued that cerebral asymmetry (the “torque”) is the characteristic that defines the human brain and that… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Frugivory and gregariousness of Salonga bonobos and Gashaka chimpanzees: The influence of abundance and nutritional quality of fruit
2006
2006
Reevaluation of dominance hierarchy in bonobos (Pan paniscus).
While dominance relationships have been widely studied in chimpanzees, in bonobos, dominance style and linearity of hierarchy are… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Number of ancestral human species: a molecular perspective.
Despite the remarkable developments in molecular biology over the past three decades, anthropological genetics has had only… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
TT viruses (TTV) of non-human primates and their relationship to the human TTV genotypes.
Sera from eight different non-human primate species, in total 216 samples, were analysed for the presence of TT virus (TTV… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Habitat Use and Ranging of Wild Bonobos (Pan paniscus) at Wamba
The relationship between vegetation and ranging patterns of wild bonobos at Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, was examined… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
How Precisely Do Bonobos (Pan paniscus) Grasp Small Objects?
The general objective of this study was to compare the precise grasping behavior and intermanual differences in performance… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The presence of a divergent T-lymphotropic virus in a wild-caught pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus) supports an African origin for the human T-lymphotropic/simian T-lymphotropic group of viruses.
We isolated a divergent simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV) (strain PP1664) from a wild-caught African bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
A uniquely high level of recombination at the HLA-B locus.
Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci are some of the most polymorphic genes in the animal kingdom. Recently, it has been… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Preliminary information of the pygmy chimpanzees (Pan paniscus) of the Congo basin
Local information was collected on the ecology of pygmy chimpanzees in the Lac Tumba Region, Zaire. Population density very small… 
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