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Genomic signatures of near-extinction and rebirth of the crested ibis and other endangered bird species.
Genome biology - 1 Jan 2014
Li Shengbin, Li Bo, Cheng Cheng, Xiong Zijun, Liu Qingbo, Lai Jianghua, Carey Hannah V, Zhang Qiong, Zheng Haibo, Wei Shuguang, Zhang Hongbo, Chang Liao, Liu Shiping, Zhang Shanxin, Yu Bing, Zeng Xiaofan, Hou Yong, Nie Wenhui, Guo Youmin, Chen Teng, Han Jiuqiang, Wang Jian, Wang Jun, Chen Chen, Liu Jiankang, Stambrook Peter J, Xu Ming, Zhang Guojie, Gilbert M Thomas P, Yang Huanming, Jarvis Erich D, Yu Jun, Yan Jianqun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Nearly one-quarter of all avian species is either threatened or nearly threatened. Of these, 73 species are currently being rescued from going extinct in wildlife sanctuaries. One of the previously most critically-endangered is the crested ibis, Nipponia nippon. Once widespread across North-East Asia, by 1981 only seven individuals from two breeding pairs remained in the wild. The recovering crested...
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