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We examined protein polymorphism of Chinese pangolins (Manis pentadactyla) from Yunnan Province of China, including two forms of three brown and nine dusky Chinese pangolins. Sixty-two genetic loci were screened; 12 loci were found to be polymorphic. The percentage of polymorphic loci (P) is 0.194, the mean individual heterozygosity (H) is 0.078, and the mean number of alleles (A) is 1.258. Furthermore, we calculated the genetic distance (D) between the two forms and found a low level of genetic divergence (D=0.0206) between them, which indicates an almost-indistinguishable divergence at the level of proteins.
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Su, B., Liu, RQ., Wang, Yx. et al. Genetic diversity in the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) inferred from protein electrophoresis. Biochem Genet 32, 343–349 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02426896
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