A molecular analysis of ground sloth diet through the last glaciation

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1975-1984

  Hofreiter, M ^a   Poinar, H N ^a   Spaulding, W G ^b   Bauer, K ^c   Martin, P S ^d   Possnert, G ^e   Paabo S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b University of Munich ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Climate change; Coprolites; Diet; Sloth; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE; COPROLITE; DIET; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; FOSSILS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SLOTHS;

EID: 0034521522     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2000.01106.x     Document Type: Article

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