The Late Pleistocene distribution of vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) and the "extinction" of the gracile llama ("Lama gracilis"): New molecular data

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 1369-1373

  Weinstock, Jaco ^a,b   Shapiro, Beth ^c   Prieto, Alfredo ^d   Marín, Juan Carlos ^e   González, Benito A ^f   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DEL BÍO BÍO   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; CONTROL REGION; CYTOCHROME B; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPES; HOLOCENE; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR DATA; PATAGONIA; PLEISTOCENE; SOUTH AMERICA;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DNA;

ELEVATION; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

CAMELIDAE; LAMA (MAMMAL); VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 67349114850     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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