Lack of Structural Variation but Extensive Length Polymorphisms and Heteroplasmic Length Variations in the Mitochondrial DNA Control Region of Highly Inbred Crested Ibis, Nipponia nippon

• Xue-Lian He,

  Affiliations College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China, CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China

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• Chang-Qing Ding ,

  * E-mail: cqding@bjfu.edu.cn (CQD); h.jianlin@cgiar.org (JLH)

  Affiliation College of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China

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• Jian-Lin Han

  * E-mail: cqding@bjfu.edu.cn (CQD); h.jianlin@cgiar.org (JLH)

  Affiliations CAAS-ILRI Joint Laboratory on Livestock and Forage Genetic Resources, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

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