First DNA sequences from Asian cave bear fossils reveal deep divergences and complex phylogeographic patterns

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1225-1238

  Knapp, Michael ^a   Rohland, Nadin ^a   Weinstock, Jacobo ^b,c   Baryshnikov, Gennady ^d   Sher, Andrei ^e   Nagel, Doris ^f   Rabeder, Gernot ^f   Pinhasi, Ron ^g   Schmidt, Heiko A ^h,i   Hofreiter, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^h MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

ⁱ MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Climate change; Extinction; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UKRAINE;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIBERIA; UKRAINE; URSIDAE;

BISON PRISCUS; CANIDAE; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 61649125191     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04088.x     Document Type: Article

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