Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish

Li Ma; Jun-Xing Yang; Fa-Kai Lei; Meng-Zhen Xu; Ya-Hui Zhao; William R. Jeffery

doi:10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.484

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Li Ma, Jun-Xing Yang, Fa-Kai Lei, Meng-Zhen Xu, Ya-Hui Zhao, William R. Jeffery. Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 675-677. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.484

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Li Ma, Jun-Xing Yang, Fa-Kai Lei, Meng-Zhen Xu, Ya-Hui Zhao, William R. Jeffery. Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish. Zoological Research, 2023, 44(4): 675-677. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.484

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Protection and exploration of the scientific potential of Chinese cavefish

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.484

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Cave Fish Development and Evolution Research Group, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plateau Fish Breeding, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China
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China South-to-North Water Diversion Corporation Limited, Beijing 100097, China
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Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
L.M. conceived the article. L.M. and W.R.J. wrote the manuscript with the assistance of the co-authors. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.

Funds: This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDPB17 to L.M.), Biodiversity Survey and Assessment Project of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China (2019HJ2096001006 to J.X.Y.), and Frontier Interdiscipline Project of Tsinghua University (20221080082 to M.Z.X.)

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Corresponding author: E-mail: mali@mail.kiz.ac.cn
Received Date: 2023-01-03
Accepted Date: 2023-05-12

Published Online: 2023-05-17

Publish Date: 2023-07-18

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