Late quaternary loss of genetic diversity in muskox ( Ovibos ).

• Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: MacPhee, R.D., Tikhonov, A.N., Mol, D., Greenwood, A.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2005
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; New Siberian Islands; Arctic Archipelago; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Taimyr; Tundra
• Online Access: https://push-zb.helmholtz-muenchen.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=2754; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-5-49

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 late Pleistoc...