Heterochronous mitogenomes shed light on the Holocene history of the Scandinavian brown bear

Heterochronous mitogenomes shed light on the Holocene history of the Scandinavian brown bear

Abstract Following glacial retreat after the last ice age, brown bears (Ursus arctos) recolonised Scandinavia. Previous research based on mitochondrial markers suggests that bears recolonised from both the north and the south, with a contact zone in central Scandinavia. More recently, the Scandinavi...

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Main Authors: Isabelle Sofie Feinauer, Edana Lord, Johanna von Seth, Georgios Xenikoudakis, Erik Ersmark, Love Dalén, Ioana-Nicoleta Meleg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Brown bear
Mitogenomes
Ancient DNA
Scandinavia
Postglacial recolonisation
Bottleneck
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75028-6

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-75028-6

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