a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
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Expected heterozygosity was in the range 0.1244–0.8692 and 0.1358–0.8722 for the rock ptarmigan and the willow grouse, respectively.
Jean-Marc Costanzi, Frode Bergan, Mona Sæbø, Andrew Jenkins, Øyvind Steifetten 2018, 'Development and evaluation of 16 new microsatellite loci for the rock ptarmigan (Lagopusmuta) and cross-species amplification for the willow grouse (L. lagopus)', BMC Research Noteshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3249-1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)