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Steller’s sea cow genome suggests this species began going extinct before the arrival of Paleolithic humans
Anthropogenic activity is the top factor directly related to the extinction of several animal species. The last Steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) population on the Commander Islands (Russia) was wiped out in the second half of the 18(th) century due to sailors and fur traders hunting it for the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8044168/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33850161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22567-5 |