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Hybridization in large-bodied New World primates.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2007
Cortés-Ortiz Liliana, Duda Thomas F, Canales-Espinosa Domingo, García-Orduña Francisco, Rodríguez-Luna Ernesto, Bermingham Eldredge
Abstract excerpt
Well-documented cases of natural hybridization among primates are not common. In New World primates, natural hybridization has been reported only for small-bodied species, but no genotypic data have ever been gathered that confirm these reports. Here we present genetic evidence of hybridization of two large-bodied species of neotropical primates that diverged approximately 3 MYA. We used species-diagnostic...
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