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Phylogeography of chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) in China based on mtDNA control region.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Jul 2017
Song Sen, Jiang Bo, Liu Nai-Fa
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The chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar) is distributed in north and northwest of China, in mountainous areas that were heavily affected by cyclic climate and landscape changes during the last Pleistocene glaciations. Some partridge populations have colonized and expanded their present ranges only after deglaciation and recent deforestation by human. Consequently, partridges from different areas could be...
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