Population genetic diversity in Tibet red deer (Cervus elaphus wallichi) revealed by mitochondrial Cty b gene analysis
基于线粒体Cty b基因的西藏马鹿种群遗传多样性研究

The Tibet red deer,Cervus elaphus wallichi,is a middling and primitive living member of the Cervidae family.Tibet red deer were once wildly distributed in Tibet,Sikkim,Nepal and Bhutan.However,in the last century their range and number was drastically reduced because of overhunting.In 1992,the World Wildlife Fund(WWF) announced that Tibet red deer in the wild had become extinct.Subsequently,there were very few reports of Tibet red deer in the wild.In July 2005,we investigated the distribution of Tibet red d...