Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in Japan based on mitochondrial genome analysis of museum specimens

• Nobuaki Nagata ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nagata@kahaku.go.jp

  Affiliations Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, Japan, Donated Fund Laboratory of Conservation Science, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0950-8452

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• Norimasa Sugita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, Japan, Animal Linguistics Groups, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuto Kawakami,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Isao Nishiumi

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Ibaraki, Japan

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