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A new sex identification tool: One primer pair can reliably sex ape and monkey DNA samples

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Acknowledgements

P. Villesen was supported by the Danish Cancer Society. T. Fredsted was supported by a PhD grant from the Faculty of Science of the University of Aarhus as well as a grant from the WWF Biodiversity Fund, Denmark. We would like to thank Givskud Zoo, Denmark, Munich Zoo, Germany, and C. Roos, Gene Bank of Primates, German Primate Center, Germany, for providing primate hair and DNA samples. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for help in improving the manuscript.

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  1. BiRC – Bioinformatics Research Center, University of Aarhus, H. Guldbergsgade 10, Bldg. 090, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Palle Villesen

  2. Department of Ecology and Genetics, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, Building 540, 8000, Århus C, Denmark

    Tina Fredsted

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Villesen, P., Fredsted, T. A new sex identification tool: One primer pair can reliably sex ape and monkey DNA samples. Conserv Genet 7, 455–459 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-005-9044-2

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