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Published copy (DOI)

10.1186/1741-7007-8-46

Author(s)

Michael Hofreiter
Ian Barnes

Department/unit(s)

Biology

Publication details

Journal	BMC Biology
Date	Published - 21 Apr 2010
Volume	8
Number of pages	3
Pages (from-to)	-
Original language	English

Abstract

Population genetic analyses of Eurasian wolves published recently in BMC Evolutionary Biology suggest that a major genetic turnover took place in Eurasian wolves after the Pleistocene. These results add to the growing evidence that large mammal species surviving the late Pleistocene extinctions nevertheless lost a large share of their genetic diversity.

Research areas

ANCIENT DNA, BROWN BEARS, EXTINCTIONS, DYNAMICS, HISTORY, WOLVES

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