Past climate changes, population dynamics and the origin of Bison in Europe
Diyendo Massilani, Silvia Guimaraes, Jean-Philip Brugal, E. Andrew Bennett, Malgorzata Tokarska, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Gennady Baryshnikov, Gennady Boeskorov, Jean-Christophe Castel, Sergey Davydov, Stephane Madelaine, Olivier Putelat, Natalia Spasskaya, Hans-Peter Uerpmann, Thierry Grange, Eva-Maria Geigl
This study uses ancient DNA to trace the population dynamics and genetic history of bison in Europe over 50,000 years, revealing multiple extinction events and genetic relationships.
bioRxiv · Jul 9, 2016Evolutionary Biology