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Association between hybrid status and reproductive success of captive male and female rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC).
American journal of primatology - 1 Jul 2011
Kanthaswamy Sree, Clarke Parry M R, Kou Alexander, Malladi Venkat, Trask Jessica Satkoski, Smith David Glenn
Abstract excerpt
The California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) houses more than 1,000 rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) of mixed Chinese-Indian ancestry. Most of these animals are kept in outdoor field cages, the colony's long term breeding resource. Since 2001, hybrids comprised between 4 and 49% of the field cage populations, but in most cases have represented a maximum of 10% of those populations. The increasing...
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