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Development of twenty microsatellite loci from the Tibetan ground tit (Parus humilis)

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We thank Prof. Huabin Zhao for valuable comments and critical editing of the manuscript. This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China awarded to Xin Lu.

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  1. Department of Zoology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, People’s Republic of China

    PING FENG & XIN LU

  2. Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210046, People’s Republic of China

    GUANG YANG

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[Feng P., Yang G. and Lu X. 2013 Development of twenty microsatellite loci from the Tibetan ground tit (Parus humilis). J. Genet. 92, e68–e72. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/92/e68.pdf]

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FENG, P., YANG, G. & LU, X. Development of twenty microsatellite loci from the Tibetan ground tit (Parus humilis). J Genet 93 (Suppl 2), 68–72 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-013-0248-9

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