"Cebidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of New World monkeys in the infraorder PLATYRRHINI, consisting of nine subfamilies: ALOUATTINAE; AOTINAE; Atelinae; Callicebinae; CALLIMICONINAE; CALLITRICHINAE; CEBINAE; Pithecinae; and SAIMIRINAE. They inhabit the forests of South and Central America, comprising the largest family of South American monkeys.
| Descriptor ID |
D002427
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.313.988.400.600.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Cebidae- Cebidae
- Platyrrhina
- Platyrrhinas
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Positional cloning of the human quantitative trait locus underlying taste sensitivity to phenylthiocarbamide. Science. 2003 Feb 21; 299(5610):1221-5.