Museum specimens as Noah’s Arc of lost genes. The case of a rhinoceros from Sumatra in the Zoological Museum Hamburg

Understanding past and present genetic diversity, in particular in endangered species such as the rhinoceroses, is of paramount importance for a series of aspects in natural history, evolutionary systematics and conservation. As it turned out from several recent studies even in eminent museum specim...

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Main Authors: Matthias Glaubrecht, Marco T. Neiber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-12-01
Series:Evolutionary Systematics
Online Access:https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/20172/