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Coat color and biochemical variation in Amazonian wild populations of Alouatta belzebul.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 1991
Schneider H, Sampaio M I, Schneider M P, Ayres J M, Barroso C M, Hamel A R, Silva B T, Salzano F M
Abstract excerpt
A comparative study of 13 blood genetic systems and pelage color variation was performed in four wild populations of Alouatta belzebul. The animals from the west bank of the Tocantins River showed less color variation than those from the east bank, as well as less than those from Tocantins Island. The blood genetic markers, however, revealed an opposite pattern of variation. A previously undescribed morphological...
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