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Genetic diversity and structure of captive gentoo penguin populations in Japan.
Zoo biology - 1 May 2022
Aoki Yuna, Zaitsu Yosuke, Kurita Masanori, Phillips Richard A, Tadano Ryo
Abstract excerpt
Until the last decade, gentoo penguins were usually split into two subspecies, northern gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua papua) breeding in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, and other subantarctic islands and southern gentoo penguins (P. papua ellsworthi) breeding in the South Sandwich, South Orkney and South Shetland islands, and Antarctic Peninsula. Recent genetics research, however, suggests that the...
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