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Range-Wide Snow Leopard Phylogeography Supports Three Subspecies.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Sept 2017
Janecka Jan E, Zhang Yuguang, Li Diqiang, Munkhtsog Bariushaa, Bayaraa Munkhtsog, Galsandorj Naranbaatar, Wangchuk Tshewang R, Karmacharya Dibesh, Li Juan, Lu Zhi, Uulu Kubanychbek Zhumabai, Gaur Ajay, Kumar Satish, Kumar Kesav, Hussain Shafqat, Muhammad Ghulam, Jevit Matthew, Hacker Charlotte, Burger Pamela, Wultsch Claudia, Janecka Mary J, Helgen Kristofer, Murphy William J, Jackson Rodney
Abstract excerpt
The snow leopard, Panthera uncia, is an elusive high-altitude specialist that inhabits vast, inaccessible habitat across Asia. We conducted the first range-wide genetic assessment of snow leopards based on noninvasive scat surveys. Thirty-three microsatellites were genotyped and a total of 683 bp of mitochondrial DNA sequenced in 70 individuals. Snow leopards exhibited low genetic diversity at microsatellites (AN...
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