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Biogeography and taxonomy of extinct and endangered monk seals illuminated by ancient DNA and skull morphology

Abstract. Extinctions and declines of large marine vertebrates have major ecological impacts and are of critical concern in marine environments. The Caribbean monk seal, Monachus tropicalis, last definitively reported in 1952, was one of the few marine mammal species to become extinct in historical...

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Autores principales: Scheel, Dirk-Martin, Slater, Graham J., Kolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis, Potter, Charles W., Rotstein, David S., Tsangaras, Kyriakos, Greenwood, Alex D., Helgen, Kristofer M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24899841
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.409.6244