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DNA from extinct giant lemurs links archaeolemurids to extant indriids

BACKGROUND: Although today 15% of living primates are endemic to Madagascar, their diversity was even greater in the recent past since dozens of extinct species have been recovered from Holocene excavation sites. Among them were the so-called "giant lemurs" some of which weighed up to 160...

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Autores principales: Orlando, Ludovic, Calvignac, Sébastien, Schnebelen, Céline, Douady, Christophe J, Godfrey, Laurie R, Hänni, Catherine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18442367
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-121