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SUBMITTER: Yapuncich GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6879151 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yapuncich Gabriel S GS Kemp Addison D AD Griffith Darbi M DM Gladman Justin T JT Ehmke Erin E Boyer Doug M DM
PloS one 20191126 11
Scientific study of lemurs, a group of primates found only on Madagascar, is crucial for understanding primate evolution. Unfortunately, lemurs are among the most endangered animals in the world, so there is a strong impetus to maximize as much scientific data as possible from available physical specimens. MicroCT scanning efforts at Duke University have resulted in scans of more than 100 strepsirrhine cadavers representing 18 species from the Duke Lemur Center. An error study of the microCT sca ...[more]