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Low Genetic Variability of Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) in China Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences

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We are grateful to the editor and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. This study was financially supported by the Chinese National Key Technologies R&D program (Grant Nos. 2008BADB2B01, 2006BAD14B06), the National 863 Project of China (No. 2008AA101001), and a project of the Educational Bureau of Sichuan Province (Grant No. 07ZA070).

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  2. Animal and Veterinary Science Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, 201106, China

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Chen, SY., He, DQ. & Liu, YP. Low Genetic Variability of Domestic Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) in China Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences. Biochem Genet 47, 734–738 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-009-9272-0

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