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Ancient DNA reveals genetic stability despite demographic decline: 3,000 years of population history in the endemic Hawaiian petrel.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Dec 2012
Welch Andreanna J, Wiley Anne E, James Helen F, Ostrom Peggy H, Stafford Thomas W, Fleischer Robert C
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In the Hawaiian Islands, human colonization, which began approximately 1,200 to 800 years ago, marks the beginning of a period in which nearly 75% of the endemic avifauna became extinct and the population size and range of many additional species declined. It remains unclear why some species persisted whereas others did not. The endemic Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) has escaped extinction, but...
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