Extremely Low Genetic Diversity Indicating the Endangered Status of Ranodon sibiricus (Amphibia: Caudata) and Implications for Phylogeography

Shao-Yu Chen; Yi-Jun Zhang; Xiu-Ling Wang; Jian-Yun Sun; Yan Xue; Peng Zhang; Hui Zhou; Liang-Hu Qu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033378

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Extremely Low Genetic Diversity Indicating the Endangered Status of Ranodon sibiricus (Amphibia: Caudata) and Implications for Phylogeography

Shao-Yu Chen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shao-Yu Chen, Yi-Jun Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Yi-Jun Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shao-Yu Chen, Yi-Jun Zhang

Current address: Institute of Human Virology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Xiu-Ling Wang,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Xinjiang Normal University, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
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Jian-Yun Sun,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Yan Xue,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Peng Zhang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Hui Zhou,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Liang-Hu Qu

* E-mail: lssqlh@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Extremely Low Genetic Diversity Indicating the Endangered Status of Ranodon sibiricus (Amphibia: Caudata) and Implications for Phylogeography

Shao-Yu Chen,
Yi-Jun Zhang,
Xiu-Ling Wang,
Jian-Yun Sun,
Yan Xue,
Peng Zhang,
Hui Zhou,
Liang-Hu Qu

Published: March 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033378

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