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Hylobatidae

Known as: lesser apes 
A family of the suborder HAPLORHINI comprising only one genus, HYLOBATES (also called Nomascus or Symphalangus).
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AnthropoideaHaplorhini
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Hylobates Genus

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2007
2007
A most distant intergeneric hybrid offspring (Larcon) of lesser apes, Nomascus leucogenys and Hylobates lar
Unlike humans, which are the sole remaining representatives of a once larger group of bipedal apes (hominins), the “lesser apes… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
FIRST DISTRIBUTION RECORDS OF THE EASTERN HOOLOCK GIBBON HOOLOCK HOOLOCK LEUCONEDYS FROM INDIA
Hoolock gibbon has two recognized subspecies: western subspecies is known as Hoolock hoolock hoolock and eastern subspecies as… 
2004
2004
Recent origin of a hominoid-specific splice form of neuropsin, a gene involved in learning and memory.
Neuropsin is a secreted-type serine protease involved in learning and memory. The type II splice form of neuropsin is abundantly… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A Retroviral Promoter and a Cellular Enhancer Define a Bipartite Element Which Controls env ERVWE1 Placental Expression
ABSTRACT The HERV-W family contains hundreds of loci diversely expressed in several physiological and pathological contexts. A… 
2002
2002
β-Defensin 1 gene variability among non-human primates
Abstract. Defensins are a recently described family of peptides that play an important role in innate immunity. Recent studies… 
1992
1992
Spondyloarthropathy as an Old World phenomenon.
1985
1985
The Lesser Apes: Evolutionary and Behavioural Biology, Holger Preuschoft, David J. Chivers, Warren Y. Brockelman, Norman Creel (Eds.). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh (1984), xiii
1983
1983
Cytogenetic comparison and phylogeny of three species of Hylobatidae.
Representatives of three subgenera of Hylobatidae, Hylobates (Symphalangus) syndactylus, H. (Nomascus) concolor and H. (Hylobates… 
1982
1982
The functional morphology of the accessory interosseous muscle in the gibbon hand: determination of locomotor and manipulatory compromises.
The evidence for two functional roles of M. accessorius interosseus can be adduced as follows: (1) abduction of the whole finger… 
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1969
Highly Cited
1969
The circumnatal status of molar crown maturation among the hominoidea.
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