Highly informative ancient DNA 'snippets' for New Zealand moa.

BACKGROUND: Analysis of ancient DNA has provided invaluable information on past ecologies, ancient populations, and extinct species. We used a short snippet of highly variable mitochondrial control region sequence from New Zealand's moa to characterise a large number of bones previously intract...

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Main Authors: Jonathan McCallum, Samantha Hall, Iman Lissone, Jennifer Anderson, Leon Huynen, David M Lambert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3547012?pdf=render