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Assessing the gut microbiome and the influence of host genetics on a critically endangered primate, the Northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus)
2023-02-14
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<title>Abstract</title><p>Background The Northern muriqui (<italic>Brachyteles hypoxanthus</italic>) is one of the world’s most critically endangered primates, currently represented by only ~ 1000 remaining mature individuals in the wild. The largest new world primate, this endemic herbivore plays an important role in seed dispersal in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. However, due to several threats such as habitat...
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- Literature Corpus work
- e8f44152-0807-564e-869e-270ba03a140a
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2583209/v1
