Fire and ice: Genomic insights into the evolution, biogeography and extinction of modern penguins

• Main Author: Cole, Theresa Louise
• Other Authors: Waters, Jonathan, Wilmshurst, Janet
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2019
• Subjects: Genomics; Genetics; Ancient DNA; Penguins; Sphenisciformes; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; island biology; sub-Antarctic; single nucleotide polymorphisms; "phylogenetics; biogeography; evolution; extinction; taxonomy; mitochondrial genomes; Last Glacial Maximum; Climate change; Systematics; Hunting; Human arrival; Antarctic; Young Islands; Antarc*; Eudyptes chrysolophus; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9614

Islands of the vast Southern Ocean host abundant endemic wildlife populations representing important breeding grounds for many seabirds. With contrasting geological, glacial and human-impact histories, these islands represent strong systems for inferring evolutionary processes. Although penguins (Sp...