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Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox (Ovibos)

BACKGROUND: The modern wildherd of the tundra muskox (Ovibos moschatus) is native only to the New World (northern North America and Greenland), and its genetic diversity is notably low. However, like several other megafaunal mammals, muskoxen enjoyed a holarctic distribution during the late Pleistoc...

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Autores principales: MacPhee, Ross DE, Tikhonov, Alexei N, Mol, Dick, Greenwood, Alex D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1266356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16209705
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-5-49