The origins of the enigmatic Falkland Islands wolf

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Austin, Jeremy J ^a,b   Soubrier, Julien ^a   Prevosti, Francisco J ^c   Prates, Luciano ^d   Trejo, Valentina ^e   Mena, Francisco ^f   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^e Martý ́n Alonso Pinzón 6511 ^*  (Chile)

^f Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia R10C1003   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CANID; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; DIVERGENCE; DNA; FOSSIL RECORD; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; TERRACE; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; WOLF;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FALKLAND ISLANDS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WOLVES;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; DUSICYON; DUSICYON AUSTRALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875892863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2570     Document Type: Article

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