Evolution, systematics, and phylogeography of Pleistocene horses in the new world: A molecular perspective

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Weinstock, Jaco ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a,l   Sher, Andrei ^b   Tong, Wenfei ^c   Ho, Simon Y W ^a   Rubenstein, Dan ^c   Storer, John ^d   Burns, James ^e   Martin, Larry ^f   Bravi, Claudio ^g   Prieto, Alfredo ^h   Froese, Duane ⁱ   Scott, Eric ^j   Xulong, Lai ^k   Cooper, Alan ^a,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Government of Yukon   (Canada)

^e ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^j San Bernardino County Museum   (United States)

^k CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIPPIDION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BONE AND BONES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EQUIDAE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 23944447130     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030241     Document Type: Article

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