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News Release 11-017
Scientists Determine What Makes an Orangutan an Orangutan
New map of the genetic code of endangered orangutans yields important new conservation tools and insights into evolution
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The newly mapped genetic code of orangutans may help explain why oranguntans grow slowly, reproduce slowly, and have a long time period between births.
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