A Genetic Record of Population Isolation in Pocket Gophers during Holocene Climatic Change

A long-standing question in Quaternary paleontology is whether climate-induced, population-level phenotypic change is a result of large-scale migration or evolution in isolation. To directly measure genetic variation through time, ancient DNA and morphologic variation was measured over 2,400 years i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. - National Academy of Sciences. - 95(1998), 12, Seite 6893-6896
1. Verfasser: Hadly, Elizabeth A. (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kohn, Michael H., Leonard, Jennifer A., Wayne, Robert K.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 1998
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Schlagworte:Genetics Population genetics Phenotypic plasticity Body size Biological sciences Physical sciences Environmental studies Applied sciences Social sciences