Ancient DNA and the population genetics of cave bears (Ursus spelaeus) through space and time

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1920-1933

  Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Bonjean, Dominique ^b   Bocherens, Herve ^c   Thenot, Aurelie ^a   Argant, Alain ^d   Otte, Marcel ^e   Hänni, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b Archeologie Andennaise   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d Institut Dolomieu   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Climatic change; Population genetics; Ursus spelaeus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BEAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ISOLATION BY DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME;

ANIMALIA; URSUS SPELAEUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 1842831680     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004016     Document Type: Article

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