Ancient DNA suggests Dwarf and 'Giant' Emu are conspecific

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Heupink, Tim H ^a   Huynen, Leon ^a   Lambert, David M ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA SEQUENCE; EMU; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME;

AVES; DROMAIUS; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY SIZE; BRAIN; DNA; DROMAIIDAE; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954562174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018728     Document Type: Article

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