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Genetic variability in natural populations of the Brazilian night monkey (Aotus infulatus)

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Seventy-one night monkeys from both banks of the Tocantins River in Brazilian Amazonia were examined for 12 blood protein loci. The results indicate remarkable differences between the subpopulations of the two banks for the CA2, PGD, and GPI polymorphic systems. The average heterozygosity values of Aotusfor the west and east bank populations were 2.2 and 5.9, respectively. These results and the difficulties in delimiting species in this genus may indicate a relatively recent spur of evolutionary differentiation.

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  1. Departamento de Genética, Centro de CiÊncias Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Campus Universitário do Guamá, 66059, Belém, PA, Brazil

    Maria Paula Cruz Schneider, Maria Iracilda da Cunha Sampaio & Horatio Schneider

  2. Departamento de Genética, Instituto de BiociÊncias, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 1953, 90001, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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Schneider, M.P.C., Sampaio, M.I.d.C., Schneider, H. et al. Genetic variability in natural populations of the Brazilian night monkey (Aotus infulatus). Int J Primatol 10, 363–374 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02737422

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