High genetic diversity of the himalayan marmot relative to plague outbreaks in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China.

"dna sequences were submitted to genbank database under the accession numbers or388130-or388535 (cox1 gene) and or389498-or389973 (cytb gene). availability of data and materials the microsatellite data are deposited in dryad: https://datadryad org/stash/share/ahxjoo8qb2sava7r7rkr-9_kwfga34velyq_le_amie . availability of data and materials the microsatellite data are deposited in dryad"

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateEthical approval for this study was obtained from the Ethical Committee of the National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2022–027). All marmots were live trapped in rodent control in field areas, which were not privately owned or protected. No specific permits were required for the described field studies. The sampling methods adhered to ARRIVE guidelines and regulations for the handling and sampling of marmots. Isoflurane was used to euthanize the animals. The animals were killed exclusively for the purpose of this work. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by the Qinghai Provincial Department of Science and Technology [grant number 2022-ZJ-750] and the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers 32090023 and 81560521]."