A rapid loss of stripes: The evolutionary history of the extinct quagga

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-295

  Leonard, Jennifer A ^a,d   Rohland, Nadin ^b   Glaberman, Scott ^c   Fleischer, Robert C ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^c   Hofreiter, Michael ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Ancient DNA; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Refugia; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STALLION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS QUAGGA;

EID: 25444502132     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0323     Document Type: Article

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