Colonizing the High Arctic: Mitochondrial DNA Reveals Common Origin of Eurasian Archipelagic Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus).

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Kjersti S Kvie, Jan Heggenes, David G Anderson, Marina V Kholodova, Taras Sipko, Ivan Mizin, Knut H Røed
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Franz Josef Land; Svalbard; Climate change; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165237; https://doaj.org/article/4fe9684c344945018f300e823d1d13c0

In light of current debates on global climate change it has become important to know more on how large, roaming species have responded to environmental change in the past. Using the highly variable mitochondrial control region, we revisit theories of Rangifer colonization and propose that the High A...