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Preservation of the genetic diversity of a local common carp in the agricultural heritage rice-fish system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Jan 2018
Ren Weizheng, Hu Liangliang, Guo Liang, Zhang Jian, Tang Lu, Zhang Entao, Zhang Jiaen, Luo Shiming, Tang Jianjun, Chen Xin
Abstract excerpt
We examined how traditional farmers preserve the genetic diversity of a local common carp (Cyprinus carpio), which is locally referred to as "paddy field carp" (PF-carp), in a "globally important agricultural heritage system" (GIAHS), i.e., the 1,200-y-old rice-fish coculture system in Zhejiang Province, China. Our molecular and morphological analysis showed that the PF-carp has changed into a distinct local...
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