Genomic variability in the extinct steppe bison ( Bison priscus ) compared to the European bison ( Bison bonasus )

• Published in: Mammal Research
• Main Authors: Stronen, Astrid Vik, Iacolina, Laura, Pertoldi, Cino, Tokarska, Malgorzata, Sørensen, Brita Singers, Bahrndorff, Simon, Oleński, Kamil, Kamiński, Stanislaw, Nikolskiy, Pavel
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: BovineHD BeadChip; Mummy; Private alleles; Single nucleotide polymorphism; Alazeya; Kolyma; kolyma river; Wood Bison; Siberia
• Online Access: https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/5b601dc9-69cb-4e2b-b064-4ccbba07c859; https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-018-0387-8; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85059479316&partnerID=8YFLogxK

In 2009, a frozen mummy of the steppe bison (SB) (Bison priscus) was discovered between the lower Kolyma River and the Alazeya River in northeast Siberia, Russia. The specimen was dated with 14 C and estimated to have lived more than 48,000 14 C years before present (BP). The relationship between SB...