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Figures from the book: Microbial Population Genetics

Microbial Population Genetics

Population Genetics of Human Pathogenic Bacteria: Implications for Source Tracking and Rapid Identification Ruifu Yang, Yujun Cui, Yanjun Li and Yanfeng Yan <2> Figure 2. The distribution Major genomovars in natural plague foci of China. There are 15 plague foci in China. Focus A: Marmota caudate Plague Focus of the Pamirs Plateau; Focus B: Marmota baibacina-Spermophilus undulates Plague Focus of the Tianshan Mountains; Focus C: Marmota himalayana Plague Focus of the Qinghai-Gansu-Tibet Grassland; Focus D: Marmota himalayana Plague Focus of the Qilian Mountain; Focus E: Apodemus chevrieri-Eothenomys miletus Plague Focus of the highland of Northwestern Yunnan Province; Focus F: Rattus flavipectus Plague Focus of the Yunnan-Guangdong-Fujian provinces; Focus G: Marmota himalayana Plague Focus of the Gangdisi Mountains; Focus H: Spermophilus dauricus Plague Focus of the Song-Liao Plain; Focus I: Meriones unguiculatus Plague Focus of the Inner Mogolian Plateau; Focus J: Spermophilus dauricus alaschanicus Plague Focus of the Loess Plateau in Gansu and Ningxia provinces; Focus K: Marmota himalayana Plague Focus of the Kunlun Mountains; Focus L: Microtus brandti Plague Focus of the Xilin Gol Grassland; Focus M: Microtus fuscus Plague Focus of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Focus N: Marmota sibirica Plague Focus of the Hulun Buir Plateau of Inner Mongonia. Focus O: Rhombomys opimus Plague Focus of the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang. B1, B2, B3 and B4 are subfoci of Focus B, K1 and K2 are subfoci of Focus K. Notably, Focus N is a silent plague focus without strains available for this study.