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Data are presented on the nuclear DNA content (Feulgen positive material) in lymphocytes of nine species ofCercopithecus. On the basis of comparisons betweenCercopithecus talapoin (2n=54), the species recently classified as belonging toC. aethiops (C. sabaeus, C. pygerythrus, C. tantalus, C. griseoviridis; 2n=60) andC. cephus (2n=66) it is hypothesized that a correlation exists between the genome length and the DNA content. The variability in DNA content observed between individuals of the same species is critically discussed.
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Formenti, D. Nuclear DNA content in some species of the genusCercopithecus (Primates:Cercopithecidae). Genetica 45, 307–313 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01508305
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