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Genetic diversity of the captive Asian tapir population in Thailand, based on mitochondrial control region sequence data and the comparison of its nucleotide structure with Brazilian tapir

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Pages 597-601 | Received 03 Sep 2015, Accepted 31 Jan 2016, Published online: 02 Mar 2016

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