A comparative study of genetic diversity of peripheral and central populations of chukar partridge from Northwestern China.

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Although it has long been presumed that peripheral populations tend to exhibit low genetic diversity because of isolation and genetic drift, results of empirical investigation remain ambiguous. Some chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) populations have expanded their ranges, resulting in several peripheral populations, due to recent deforestation by human beings in the Longdong Loess Plateau of northwestern China....

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