Crested gibbon (Hylobates [Nomascus]) identification using noninvasively obtained DNA

Abstract 10.1002/zoo.1430130411.abs The development of captive breeding programs for the crested gibbons (Hylobates [Nomascus]) of Indochina is hindered by the difficulty of sorting individuals into their correct species and subspecies groups. We describe taxon-specific DNA sequence variation in a 252-base pair region of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene, which can be used to identify individuals […]