Beringia as an Ice Age genetic museum

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 94-100

  Shapiro, Beth ^a   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient; Beringia; DNA; Permafrost; Phylogenetics; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETICS; PALEOECOLOGY; PERMAFROST; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ALASKA; BERINGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042824108     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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