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Genome Assembly of the Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus: A Model for Speciation and Ecological Genomics.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2019
Liu Yang, Liu Simin, Zhang Nan, Chen De, Que Pinjia, Liu Naijia, Höglund Jacob, Zhang Zhengwang, Wang Biao
Abstract excerpt
The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) in the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae, has 30 subspecies distributed across its native range in the Palearctic realm and has been introduced to Europe, North America, and Australia. It is an important game bird often subjected to wildlife management as well as a model species to study speciation, biogeography, and local adaptation. However, the genomic...
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