Something old, something new: Do genetic studies of contemporary populations reliably represent prehistoric populations of Pacific Rattus exulans?

Human Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 489-496

  Matisoo Smith, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Chatham Islands; Commensal animals; mtDNA sequences; New Zealand; Pacific colonization; Pacific rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RODENTIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MURIDAE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GENETICS; RAT;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MURIDAE; NEW ZEALAND; RATS;

EID: 0036023274     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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