Genotyping of Capreolus pygargus Fossil DNA from Denisova Cave Reveals Phylogenetic Relationships between Ancient and Modern Populations

• Main Authors: Nadezhda V. Vorobieva, Dmitry Y. Sherbakov, Anna S. Druzhkova, Roscoe Stanyon, Er A, Sergey K. Vasil’ev, Mikhail V. Shunkov, Vladimir A. Trifonov, Er S
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Denisova; Yakutia; Siberia
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.289.8643

Background: The extant roe deer (Capreolus Gray, 1821) includes two species: the European roe deer (C. capreolus) and the Siberian roe deer (C. pygargus) that are distinguished by morphological and karyotypical differences. The Siberian roe deer occupies a vast area of Asia and is considerably less...