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Phylogeography of the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in China.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2009
Qu Jiangyong, Liu Naifa, Bao Xinkang, Wang Xiaoli
Abstract excerpt
The ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are widely distributed in China. We used mitochondrial DNA control-region data to investigate the origin and past demographic changes in 139 ring-necked pheasants (P. colchicus) sampled from the species' distribution range. A total of 1078 nucleotides from the control region of mitochondrial DNA were sequenced, and 88 polymorphic positions defined 102 haplotypes....
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