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New Paper: Ancient DNA identifies post-glacial recolonisation, not recent bottlenecks, as the primary driver of contemporary mtDNA phylogeography and diversity in Scandinavian brown bears
A new paper involving Environment Institute members Sarah Bray, Jeremy Austin (also Museum Victoria), Jessica Metcalf (also University of Colorado), Christina Adler (also University of Sydney) and Alan Cooper as well as Kjartan Østbye (University of Oslo & Hedmark University College, Norway), Elvind Østbye (University of Oslo), Stein-Erik Lauritzen (University of Bergen, Norway), Kim Aaris-Sørensen […]
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160 year old museum specimens identify rare parrot
A team of Australian researchers involving DNA experts from the University of Adelaide has identified a new, critically endangered species of ground parrot in Western Australia. The team, led by Australian Wildlife Conservancy‘s Dr Stephen Murphy, used DNA from museum specimens up to 160 years old to reveal that populations of ground parrots in eastern […]
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