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Accurate DNA-based sex identification of apes using non-invasive samples

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  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Inselstrasse 22, Leipzig, D-04103, Germany

    Brenda J. Bradley, Karen E. Chambers & Linda Vigilant

  2. Anthropological Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-4364, USA

    Brenda J. Bradley

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Bradley, B.J., Chambers, K.E. & Vigilant, L. Accurate DNA-based sex identification of apes using non-invasive samples. Conservation Genetics 2, 179–181 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011847528045

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