Late Quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox ( Ovibos )

• Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Mol Dick, Tikhonov Alexei N, MacPhee Ross DE, Greenwood Alex D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2005
• Subjects: Evolution; QH359-425; Arctic; Greenland; New Siberian Islands; Arctic Archipelago; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Taimyr; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-5-49; https://doaj.org/article/eb09b3a88f364bcc9190bc6df0314c45

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...