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Large-scale survey of mitochondrial D-loop of the red-crowned crane Grus japonensis in Hokkaido, Japan by convenient genotyping method.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 31 Jan 2013
Miura Yoshiaki, Shiomi Akira, Shiraishi Junya, Makita Kohei, Asakawa Mitsuhiko, Kitazawa Takio, Hiraga Takeo, Momose Yulia, Momose Kunikazu, Masatomi Hiroyuki, Teraoka Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
The Red-crowned Crane, Grus japonensis, is an endangered species of crane that has two separate breeding populations, one in the Amur River basin (continental population) and the other in eastern or northern Hokkaido, Japan (island population). So far, only two haplotypes (Gj1 and Gj2) have been identified in the mitochondrial D-loop in island population, whereas seven haplotypes have been found in continental...
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