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Population genetics of the Washington National Primate Research Center's (WaNPRC) captive pigtailed macaque (Macaca nemestrina) population.
American journal of primatology - 1 Nov 2012
Kanthaswamy Sree, Ng Jillian, Penedo Maria Cecilia T, Ward Thea, Smith David Glenn, Ha James C
Abstract excerpt
Pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina) provide an important model for biomedical research on human disease and for studying the evolution of primate behavior. The genetic structure of captive populations of pigtailed macaques is not as well described as that of captive rhesus (M. mulatta) or cynomolgus (M. fascicularis) macaques. The Washington National Primate Research Center houses the largest captive colony of...
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