Biologist Gets The Straight Poop On Baboons: Execretion Analysis Aids Primate Social Studies

The arrival of molecular genetic analysis of both genes and hormones is providing scientists unexpected and unprecedented information about animals -- provided the researchers can find ways to get acceptable samples. Progress has been made in extracting DNA from animal droppings, and in extracting hormone breakdown products from excreted feces and urine.

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