Phylogeographic analysis of the mid-Holocene Mammoth from Qagnax̂ Cave, St. Paul Island, Alaska

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 184-190

  Enk, J M ^a   Yesner, D R ^b   Crossen, K J ^b   Veltre, D W ^b   O'Rourke, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Beringia; Holocene refugia; Pribilof Islands; Woolly mammoth

Indexed keywords

BERINGIA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOLOCENE; MAMMAL; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; QAGNAX CAVE; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 60349127810     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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