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Analysis of full-length mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences from Macaca fascicularis of different geographical origin reveals novel haplotypes.
Journal of medical primatology - 1 Jun 2015
Badhan Anjna, Eichstaedt Christina A, Almond Neil M, Knapp Leslie A, Rose Nicola J
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BACKGROUND: Cynomolgus macaques are indigenous to Asia occupying a range of geographical areas. A non-indigenous population established on Mauritius approximately 500 years ago. Mauritian cynomolgus macaques are recognised as having low genetic diversity compared to Indonesian macaques, from which they originated. As cynomolgus macaques are widely used as a biomedical model, there have been many studies of their...
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