Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox (Ovibos)

Abstract Background The modern wildherd of the tundra muskox ( Ovibos moschatus ) is native only to the New World (northern North America and Greenland), and its genetic diversity is notably low. However, like several other megafaunal mammals, muskoxen enjoyed a holarctic distribution during the lat...

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Published in:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Main Authors: MacPhee, Ross DE, Tikhonov, Alexei N, Mol, Dick, Greenwood, Alex D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2005
Subjects:
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Greenland
New Siberian Islands
Arctic Archipelago
muskox
ovibos moschatus
Taimyr
Tundra
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-5-49
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/1471-2148-5-49.pdf

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