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Consequences of past climate change and recent human persecution on mitogenomic diversity in the arctic fox.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 23 Dec 2019
Larsson Petter, von Seth Johanna, Hagen Ingerid J, Götherström Anders, Androsov Semyon, Germonpré Mietje, Bergfeldt Nora, Fedorov Sergey, Eide Nina E, Sokolova Natalia, Berteaux Dominique, Angerbjörn Anders, Flagstad Øystein, Plotnikov Valeri, Norén Karin, Díez-Del-Molino David, Dussex Nicolas, Stanton David W G, Dalén Love
Abstract excerpt
Ancient DNA provides a powerful means to investigate the timing, rate and extent of population declines caused by extrinsic factors, such as past climate change and human activities. One species probably affected by both these factors is the arctic fox, which had a large distribution during the last glaciation that subsequently contracted at the start of the Holocene. More recently, the arctic fox population in...
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