Morphological evaluation of genetic evidence for a Pleistocene extirpation of eastern African impala

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 106, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages

  Reynolds, Sally C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antelope; Entostyles; Extirpations; Founder populations; Genetic population histories; Pleistocene climate changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; DENTITION; DISPERSAL; FOSSIL RECORD; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECOLONIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; RUMINANT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649894908     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v106i11/12.325     Document Type: Article

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