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Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals?
Molecular ecology - 1 May 2009
Korsten Marju, Ho Simon Y W, Davison John, Pähn Berit, Vulla Egle, Roht Maris, Tumanov Igor L, Kojola Ilpo, Andersone-Lilley Zanete, Ozolins Janis, Pilot Malgorzata, Mertzanis Yorgos, Giannakopoulos Alexios, Vorobiev Alex A, Markov Nikolai I, Saveljev Alexander P, Lyapunova Elena A, Abramov Alexei V, Männil Peep, Valdmann Harri, Pazetnov Sergei V, Pazetnov Valentin S, Rõkov Alexander M, Saarma Urmas
Abstract excerpt
The brown bear has proved a useful model for studying Late Quaternary mammalian phylogeography. However, information is lacking from northern continental Eurasia, which constitutes a large part of the species' current distribution. We analysed mitochondrial DNA sequences (totalling 1943 bp) from 205 bears from northeast Europe and Russia in order to characterize the maternal phylogeography of bears in this...
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