Article
Spatial and temporal continuity of kangaroo rat populations shown by sequencing mitochondrial DNA from museum specimens.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Aug 1990
Thomas W K, Pääbo S, Villablanca F X, Wilson A C
Abstract excerpt
The advent of direct sequencing via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) has opened up the possibility of molecular studies on museum specimens. Here we analyze genetic variation in populations over time by applying PCR to DNA extracted from museum specimens sampled from populations of one species over the last 78 years. Included in this study were 43 museum specimens of the Panamint kangaroo rat Dipodomys...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Museums
- Rats
- Skin
- Time Factors