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DNA fingerprints were studied in non-human primates including three species of Old World monkeys and one species of hominoid, using tandem repeats of a 28-base-pair sequence downstream of the human c-Ha-ras-1 oncogene as a probe. We observed Southern hybridization patterns consisting of multiple hypervariable DNA fragments, which were specific to each of the individuals examined. These results indicate that DNA fingerprinting is a powerful tool for identification of individuals among non-human primates, as is the case in man.
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Washio, K., Misawa, S. & Ueda, S. Individual identification of non-human primates using DNA fingerprinting. Primates 30, 217–221 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02381306
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