Ancient DNA and the tropics: A rodent's tale

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Gutierrez Garcia, Tania A ^a   Vázquez Domíńguez, Ella ^a   Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquíń ^b   Kuch, Melanie ^c   Enk, Jacob ^c   King, Christine ^c   Poinar, Hendrik N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cricetidae; Loltu cave; Mexico; Ototylomys phyllotis; Quaternary; Yucatan peninsula

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; DNA; EXTINCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; HUMID TROPICS; PHYLOGENETICS; PLEISTOCENE; RODENT; TROPHIC STATUS; TROPICAL REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; YUCATAN PENINSULA;

CYTOCHROME B; DNA;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; DNA SEQUENCE; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTOR; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84904490387     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0224     Document Type: Article

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