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Colin P. Groves

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Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison

2016

The two living species of bison (European and American) are among the few terrestrial megafauna to have survived the late Pleistocene extinctions. Despite the extensive bovid fossil record in Eurasia, the evolutionary history of the European bison (or wisent, Bison bonasus) before the Holocene (<11.7 thousand years ago (kya)) remains a mystery. We use complete ancient mitochondrial genomes and genome-wide nuclear DNA surveys to reveal that the wisent is the product of hybridization between the extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus) and ancestors of modern cattle (aurochs, Bos primigenius) before 120 kya, and contains up to 10% aurochs genomic ancestry. Although undetected within the fossil re…

0301 basic medicineGeneral Physics and AstronomymegafaunaBison priscusMegafaunahybridizationBison bonasusComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSHolocenePhylogenyMultidisciplinarygeography.geographical_feature_categoryGenomebiologyBisonFossilsQAmerican Bisonfossil recordMitochondrialPleistoceneEuropeCavesvisual_artSequence Analysis[SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and PrehistoryPleistoceneEvolutionLife on LandScienceBison Pleistocene fossil record mitochondrial genome hybridizationSocio-culturaleZoologySteppe bisonDNA MitochondrialArticleGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular BiologyAncientEvolution Molecular03 medical and health sciencesPaleontologyCaveGeneticsPleistocene extinctionsAnimalsDNA Ancientvisual_art.artworkCell NucleusgeographyHuman GenomeMolecularSequence Analysis DNAGeneral ChemistryDNAAurochsbiology.organism_classificationEurpoean BisonBos primigenius030104 developmental biologyAncient DNAmitochondrial genomeAmerican bisonGenome MitochondrialCommentaryCattlePaintings
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A new genus for the eastern dwarf galagos (Primates: Galagidae).

2017

13 pages; International audience; The family Galagidae (African galagos or bushbabies) comprises five genera: EuoticusGray, 1872; GalagoGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1796; GalagoidesSmith, 1833; OtolemurCoquerel, 1859; and SciurocheirusGray, 1872, none of which is regarded as monotypic, but some (Euoticus and Otolemur) certainly qualify as oligotypic. We argue for the recognition of a sixth genus, if the taxonomy is to reflect galagid evolution accurately. Genetic evidence has consistently demonstrated that the taxa currently referred to the genus Galagoides are not monophyletic but form two clades (a western and an eastern clade) that do not share an exclusive common ancestor; we review 20 years…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineAnthropologyBiogeographybushbabyBushbaby Biogeography Craniodental morphometrics Galagoides Paragalago Molecular phylogeny Vocalisations[SDV.BID]Life Sciences [q-bio]/BiodiversityBiology010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesFramework agreement03 medical and health sciencesGenusGalagoidesEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsbiogeographymolecular phylogeny[ SDV.BID ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/BiodiversityvocalizationsEcologycraniodental morphometricsCentral africaParagalago030104 developmental biologyMolecular phylogeneticsAnimal Science and ZoologyGalagoidesVocalisations
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Tarsius tumpara: A New Tarsier Species from Siau Island, North Sulawesi

2008

Abstract: A new, critically endangered species of tarsier, one of the world's 25 most endangered primates, is described from the remote island of Siau, North Sulawesi, based on distinguishing characteristics of the tail tuft, pelage coloration, skull, and vocalizations. Siau is part of the Sangihe Island chain, a volcanic arc composed of islands that rise from the ocean floor. There is a single previous record of a tarsier from Siau; a skull in the Dresden Museum that Meyer (1897) classified with tarsiers from Sangihe Island as Tarsius sangirensis. Sangihe and Siau Islands are geologically separated by about 60 km of ocean that greatly exceeds 1,000 m in depth. Genetic data for the new spec…

geographygeography.geographical_feature_categoryVolcanic arcbiologyEcologyBiogeographyEndangered speciesZoologyTarsius sangirensisbiology.organism_classificationTarsierCritically endangeredArchipelagoAnimal Science and ZoologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsTarsiusNature and Landscape ConservationPrimate Conservation
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