Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change

Polar bears (PBs) are superbly adapted to the extreme Arctic environment and have become emblematic of the threat to biodiversity from global climate change. Their divergence from the lower-latitude brown bear provides a textbook example of rapid evolution of distinct phenotypes. However, limited mi...

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Main Authors: Bedoya-Reina, Oscar C., Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique, Herrera-Estrella, Luis, Schuster, Stephan C., Welch, Andreanna J., Miller, Webb, Ratan, Aakrosh, Zhao, Fangqing, Kim, Hie Lim, Burhans, Richard C., Drautz, Daniela I., Wittekindt, Nicola E., Tomsho, Lynn P., Peacock, Elizabeth, Farley, Sean, Sage, George K., Rode, Karyn, Obbard, Martyn, Montiel, Rafael, Bachmann, Lutz, Ingolfsson, Olafur, Aars, Jon, Mailund, Thomas, Wiig, Oystein, Talbot, Sandra L., Lindqvist, Charlotte
Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97822
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12341