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Genetic diversity and drivers of dwarfism in extinct island emu populations.

Biology letters - 1 Apr 2018

Thomson Vicki A, Mitchell Kieren J, Eberhard Rolan, Dortch Joe, Austin Jeremy J, Cooper Alan

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Australia's iconic emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae) is the only living representative of its genus, but fossil evidence and reports from early European explorers suggest that three island forms (at least two of which were dwarfs) became extinct during the nineteenth century. While one of these-the King Island emu-has been found to be conspecific with Australian mainland emus, little is known about...

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PMID: 29618519
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0617
PMCID: PMC5938559

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