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Genetic assignment of illegally trafficked neotropical primates and implications for reintroduction programs.
Scientific reports - 28 Feb 2020
Oklander Luciana Inés, Caputo Mariela, Solari Agustín, Corach Daniel
Abstract excerpt
The black and gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a neotropical primate threatened by habitat loss and capture for illegal trade in Argentina. Using multilocus microsatellite genotypes from 178 A. caraya individuals sampled from 15 localities in Argentina, we built a genotype reference database (GRDB). Bayesian assignment methods applied to the GRDB allowed us to correctly re-assign 73% of individuals to...
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