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Abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the Loess plateau, China

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Funding for this project was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture Public Benefit Research Foundation of China (grant no. 201203041), and the Science and Research Project of the Education Department of Gansu Province, China (grant no. 1102-02). We thank Duckchul Park, Diana Prada and Julia Allwood for laboratory assistance.

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  1. College of Grassland Science, Gansu Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Grassland Ecosystem of Ministry of Education, Pratacultural Engineering Laboratory of Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730070, People’s Republic of China

    JUNHU SU, LIMIN HUA, YANMING WEI & WEIHONG JI

  2. Gansu Agricultural University-Massey University Research Centre for Grassland Biodiversity, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, People’s Republic of China

    JUNHU SU, LIMIN HUA & WEIHONG JI

  3. Lanzhou Vocational Technology College, Lanzhou, 730070, People’s Republic of China

    JING WANG

  4. Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, 2601, Australia

    DIANNE M. GLEESON

  5. Ecological Genetics Laboratory, Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand

    ROBYN HOWITT

  6. Institute of Natural Sciences, Massey University, North Shore Mail Centre 0632, Auckland, New Zealand

    WEIHONG JI

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[Su J., Hua L., Wang J., Gleeson D. M., Wei Y., Howitt R. and Ji W. 2014 Abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the Loess Plateau, China. J. Genet. 93, e25–e28. Online only: http://www.ias.ac.in/jgenet/OnlineResources/93/e25.pdf]

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SU, J., HUA, L., WANG, J. et al. Abundance and characteristics of microsatellite markers in Gansu zokor (Eospalax cansus), a fossorial rodent endemic to the Loess plateau, China. J Genet 94 (Suppl 1), 25–28 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12041-014-0352-5

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