Complete genomes reveal signatures of demographic and genetic declines in the woolly mammoth

The processes leading up to species extinctions are typically characterized by prolonged declines in population size and geographic distribution, followed by a phase in which populations are very small and may be subject to intrinsic threats, including loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding. Howev...

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Published in:	Current biology Vol. 25; no. 10; p. 1395
Main Authors:	Palkopoulou, Eleftheria, Mallick, Swapan, Skoglund, Pontus, Enk, Jacob, Rohland, Nadin, Li, Heng, Omrak, Ayça, Vartanyan, Sergey, Poinar, Hendrik, Götherström, Anders, Reich, David, Dalén, Love
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 18.05.2015
Subjects:	Animals Extinction, Biological Female Genetic Variation Genetics, Population Genome Heterozygote Mammoths - genetics Population Density Sequence Analysis, DNA Siberia Siberia
ISSN:	1879-0445, 1879-0445
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