Variation of Genetic Diversity in a Rapidly Expanding Population of the Greater Long-Tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton) as Revealed by Microsatellites

Laixiang Xu; Huiliang Xue; Mingjing Song; Qinghua Zhao; Jingping Dong; Juan Liu; Yu Guo; Tongqin Xu; Xiaoping Cao; Fusheng Wang; Shuqing Wang; Shushen Hao; Hefang Yang; Zhibin Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054171

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Variation of Genetic Diversity in a Rapidly Expanding Population of the Greater Long-Tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton) as Revealed by Microsatellites

Laixiang Xu ,

* E-mail: xulx@mail.qfnu.edu.cn

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Huiliang Xue,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Mingjing Song,

Affiliations Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences(CAMS) & Comparative Medicine Centre, Peking Union Medical College (PUMC), Beijing, People’s Republic of China, State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Qinghua Zhao,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Jingping Dong,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Juan Liu,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Yu Guo,

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, Shandong, People’s Republic of China
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Tongqin Xu,

Affiliation Wugong Station for Pest Monitoring and Forecasting, Raoyang County, Hebei Province, People’s Republic of China
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Xiaoping Cao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Fusheng Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Shuqing Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Shushen Hao,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Hefang Yang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Zhibin Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management on Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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Variation of Genetic Diversity in a Rapidly Expanding Population of the Greater Long-Tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton) as Revealed by Microsatellites

Laixiang Xu,
Huiliang Xue,
Mingjing Song,
Qinghua Zhao,
Jingping Dong,
Juan Liu,
Yu Guo,
Tongqin Xu,
Xiaoping Cao,
Fusheng Wang

Published: January 17, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054171

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