Rates of Evolution in Ancient DNA from Adélie Penguins

Well-preserved subfossil bones of Adélie penguins,Pygoscelis adeliae, underlie existing and abandoned nesting colonies in Antarctica. These bones, dating back to more than 7000 years before the present, harbor some of the best-preserved ancient DNA yet discovered. From 96 radiocarbon-aged bones, we...

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Other Authors: Griffith University (hasCollector)
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Griffith University
Subjects:
Population
Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
GENETICS
Genomes
History
Antarc*
Antarctica
Pygoscelis adeliae
Online Access:https://researchdata.edu.au/rates-evolution-ancient-adlie-penguins/1791087
http://hdl.handle.net/10072/403996
https://doi.org/10.25904/1912/4104
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Summary:Well-preserved subfossil bones of Adélie penguins,Pygoscelis adeliae, underlie existing and abandoned nesting colonies in Antarctica. These bones, dating back to more than 7000 years before the present, harbor some of the best-preserved ancient DNA yet discovered. From 96 radiocarbon-aged bones, we report large numbers of mitochondrial haplotypes, some of which appear to be extinct, given the 380 living birds sampled. We demonstrate DNA sequence evolution through time and estimate the rate of evolution of the hypervariable region I using a Markov chain Monte Carlo integration and a least-squares regression analysis.

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