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Authors
Yang, Chao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7871-1641
Wang, Qingxiong https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2522-7506
Sun, Kuo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6234-9713
Luo, Lei https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9867-316X
Yuan, Hao https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6685-8817
Li, Xuejuan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4086-6063
Huang, Yuan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7683-9193
Xiao, Hong https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8474-7800
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Projects for Department of Science and Technology of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant No. 2018ZDXM-NY-071 and 2018SF-356)
Western Young Scholars Projects of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XAB2021YW01)
Science and Technology Projects of Shaanxi Academy of Science, China (Grant No. 2020K-03，2021K-39 and 2023K-16)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31601846)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. GK202304021)
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Article History
Received: 10 September 2024
Accepted: 17 January 2025
First Online: 24 January 2025
Declarations
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: We have complied with all local, national and international regulations and conventions, and we respect normal scientific ethical practices. The specimens used in this study collected from individuals that died naturally during the field investigation, and were harmlessly treatment. The animal experimentation programme of this project has been approved by the Ethics Committee of Shaanxi Institute of Zoology (Xi’an, China) and complies with the principles of animal protection, welfare and ethics, as well as national regulations on the ethical care of laboratory animals. In addition, our team is a wildlife conservation authority under the Shaanxi Academy of Sciences (China), and has been cooperating and working with the Hongjian Nur authority department for nearly 25 years, mainly dedicated to the conservation of the relict gull. Sampling is carried out in the course of daily conservation work according to the institutional guidelines of the Hongjian Nur Nature Reserve Authority.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
