Discovery of lost diversity of paternal horse lineages using ancient DNA

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lippold, Sebastian ^a   Knapp, Michael ^b   Kuznetsova, Tatyana ^c   Leonard, Jennifer A ^d,e   Benecke, Norbert ^f   Ludwig, Arne ^g   Rasmussen, Morten ^h   Cooper, Alan ⁱ   Weinstock, Jaco ^j   Willerslev, Eske ^h   Shapiro, Beth ^k   Hofreiter, Michael ^a,l  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; Y CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS PRZEWALSKII;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HORSES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 80052418885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1447     Document Type: Article

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