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About the Authors
- Cheng Chen
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Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- Sheng-bo Yu
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Roles Formal analysis
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- Yan-yan Chi
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- Guang-yuan Tan
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Haichang Ocean Park Holdings., Ltd, Biological Conservation Center, Shanghai, China
- Bao-cheng Yan
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Roles Investigation
Affiliation Haichang Ocean Park Holdings., Ltd, Biological Conservation Center, Shanghai, China
- Nan Zheng
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: suihj@hotmail.com (HJS); zhengnan831016@163.com (NZ)
Affiliation Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
- Hong-Jin Sui
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: suihj@hotmail.com (HJS); zhengnan831016@163.com (NZ)
Affiliations Department of Anatomy, College of Basic Medicine, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, Dalian Hoffen Preservation Institution, Dalian, China
Competing Interests
Haichang Ocean Park Holding Co., Ltd. is responsible for the breeding of Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis Papua) and provides the basic data related to the penguin specimens for this research group. Another part of their work is the study and popularization of science related to penguins. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.