Centuries-Old DNA from an Extinct Population of Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) Offers New Phylogeographic Insight

Centuries-Old DNA from an Extinct Population of Aesculapian Snake (Zamenis longissimus) Offers New Phylogeographic Insight

The Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus) is distributed in Central and Southern Europe, the Balkans, Anatolia, and Iran, but had a wider mid-Holocene distribution into Northern Europe. To investigate the genetic affinity of a Danish population that went extinct in historical times, we analysed th...

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Main Authors: Morten E. Allentoft, Arne Redsted Rasmussen, Hans Viborg Kristensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-03-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
Aesculapian snake
Zamenis longissimus
ancient DNA
relics
DNA preservation
museum specimens
phylogeography
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/10/1/14

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