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    Merging ancient and modern DNA: extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea

    Merging ancient and modern DNA: extinct seabird taxon rediscovered in the North Tasman Sea by Steeves, T., Holdaway, R., Hale, M., McLay, E., McAllan, I., Christian, M., Hauber, M., Bunce, Michael

    Published 2010
    “…Ancient DNA has revolutionized the way in which evolutionary biologists research both extinct and extant taxa, from the inference of evolutionary history to the resolution of taxonomy. …”
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    Exploring the shell-based taxonomy of the Sri Lankan land snail Corilla H. and A. Adams, 1855 (Pulmonata: Corillidae) using mitochondrial DNA

    Exploring the shell-based taxonomy of the Sri Lankan land snail Corilla H. and A. Adams, 1855 (Pulmonata: Corillidae) using mitochondrial DNA by Raheem, D.C., Breugelmans, K., Wade, Christopher M., Naggs, F.C., Backeljau, T.

    Published 2017
    “…The land-snail genus Corilla is endemic to Sri Lanka and India’s Western Ghats. The ten extant Sri Lankan species belong to two distinct shell forms that are associated respectively with lowland and montane rainforest. …”
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    Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects

    Profiling the Dead: Generating Microsatellite Data from Fossil Bones of Extinct Megafauna—Protocols, Problems, and Prospects by Allentoft, M., Oskam, C., Houston, J., Hale, M., Gilbert, Thomas, Rasmussen, M., Spencer, P., Jacomb, C., Willerslev, E., Holdaway, R., Bunce, Michael

    Published 2011
    “…We present the first set of microsatellite markers developed exclusively for an extinct taxon. Microsatellite data have been analysed in thousands of genetic studies on extant species but the technology can be problematic when applied to low copy number (LCN) DNA. …”
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