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Genetic substructure in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis) on the island of Mauritius.
BMC genomics - 31 Aug 2014
Ogawa Lisa M, Vallender Eric J
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BACKGROUND: Nonhuman primates are commonly used in biomedical research as animal models of human disease and behavior. Compared to common rodent models, nonhuman primates are genetically, physiologically, behaviorally and neurologically more similar to humans owing to more recent shared ancestry and therefore provide the advantage of greater translational validity in preclinical studies. The cynomolgus macaque...
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