Genome-wide SNP and STR discovery in the Japanese crested ibis and genetic diversity among founders of the Japanese population.

The Japanese crested ibis is an internationally conserved, critically threatened bird. Captive-breeding programs have been established to conserve this species in Japan. Since the current Japanese population of crested ibis originates only from 5 founders donated by the Chinese government, understan...

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Main Authors: Yukio Taniguchi, Hirokazu Matsuda, Takahisa Yamada, Toshie Sugiyama, Kosuke Homma, Yoshinori Kaneko, Satoshi Yamagishi, Hiroaki Iwaisaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3749161?pdf=render