Ancient DNA reveals that bowhead whale lineages survived Late Pleistocene climate change and habitat shifts

The climatic changes of the glacial cycles are thought to have been a major driver ofpopulation declines and species extinctions. However, studies to date have focused onterrestrial fauna and there is little understanding of how marine species responded to pastclimate change. Here we show that a tru...

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Main Authors: Foote, A., Kaschner, K., Schultze, S., Garilao, C., Ho, S., Post, K., Higham, T., Stokowska, C., Van der Es, H., Embling, C., Gregersen, K., Johansson, F., Willerslev, E., Gilbert, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Published: Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Online Access:http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n4/full/ncomms2714.html
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/26500