A new paper involving Environment Institute members Sarah Bray, Jeremy Austin (also Museum Victoria), Jessica Metcalf (also University of Colorado), Christina Adler (also University of Sydney) and Alan Cooper as well as Kjartan Østbye (University of Oslo & Hedmark University College, Norway), Elvind Østbye (University of Oslo), Stein-Erik Lauritzen (University of Bergen, Norway), Kim Aaris-Sørensen (University of Copenhagen) and Cristina Valdiosera (Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Instituto de Salud Carlos III de Evolucion y Comportamiento Humanos, Madrid) has recently been published in the journal Diversity and Distributions.
The paper titled ‘Ancient DNA identifies post-glacial recolonisation, not recent bottlenecks, as the primary driver of contemporary mtDNA phylogeography and diversity in Scandinavian brown bears’ employed ancient DNA techniques to investigate the timing and origins of the mtDNA structure in brown bear populations in Scandinavia. Identifying the patterns of this mtDNA structure is important for conservation programs aimed at restoring populations to a natural state.
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