Acta Vet. Brno 2016, 85: 363-366

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201685040363

Sex determination in gibbons of genus Nomascus using non-invasive method

Petra Bolechová1,2, Kateřina Ječmínková1,3, Michal Hradec1, Tomáš Kott3, Jana Doležalová4

1Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Department of Animal Science and Ethology, Prague, Czech Republic
2Zoo Liberec, Czech Republic
3Institute of Animal Science, Department of Molecular Genetics, Prague, Czech Republic
4University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology, Brno, Czech Republic

Received June 28, 2016
Accepted October 12, 2016

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