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Mitogenome Announcement

Next-generation sequencing yields the complete mitochondrial genome of the Shangrila hot-spring snakes (Thermophis shangrila; Reptilia: Colubridae)

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Pages 327-328 | Received 25 Apr 2017, Accepted 13 May 2017, Published online: 30 May 2017

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