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Mitochondrial Divergence between Western and Eastern Great Bustards: Implications for Conservation and Species Status.
The Journal of heredity - 24 Aug 2018
Kessler Aimee Elizabeth, Santos Malia A, Flatz Ramona, Batbayar Nyambayar, Natsagdorj Tseveenmyadag, Batsuuri Dashnyam, Bidashko Fyodor G, Galbadrakh Natsag, Goroshko Oleg, Khrokov Valery V, Unenbat Tuvshin, Vagner Ivan I, Wang Muyang, Smith Christopher Irwin
Abstract excerpt
The great bustard is the heaviest bird capable of flight and an iconic species of the Eurasian steppe. Populations of both currently recognized subspecies are highly fragmented and critically small in Asia. We used DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and the mitochondrial control region to estimate the degree of mitochondrial differentiation and rates of female gene flow between the...
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