Paternity exclusion in a community of wild chimpanzees using hypervariable simple sequence repeats.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-294x.1994.tb00125.x

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Paternity exclusion in a community of wild chimpanzees using hypervariable simple sequence repeats.

Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 1994

Morin P A, Wallis J, Moore J J, Woodruff D S

Abstract excerpt

We report the use of hypervariable simple sequence repeat (SSR) nuclear loci to study paternity in a community of wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. All 43 living members of a habituated community were sampled and 35 were genotyped at 8 SSR loci us...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
DNA
Fathers
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hair
Male
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Pan troglodytes
Pedigree
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
Sexual Behavior, Animal
Tanzania

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