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Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution
| العنوان: | Palaeogenomes of Eurasian straight-tusked elephants challenge the current view of elephant evolution |
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| المؤلفون: | Meyer, Matthias, Palkopoulou, Eleftheria, Baleka, Sina Isabelle (Dr.), Stiller, Mathias (Dr.), Penkman, Kirsty E. H., Alt, Kurt W. (Prof. Dr.), Ishida, Yasuko, Mania, Dietrich (Prof. Dr.), Mallick, Swapan, Meijer, Tom, Meller, Harald, Nagel, Sarah, Nickel, Birgit, Ostritz, Sven (Dr.), Rohland, Nadin, Schauer, Karol, Schüler, Tim (Dr.), Roca, Alfred L., Reich, David, Shapiro, Beth, Hofreiter, Michael (Prof.) |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | University of Potsdam: publish.UP |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | ddc:500, ddc:600, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| الوصف: | The straight-tusked elephants Palaeoloxodon spp. were widespread across Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Phylogenetic reconstructions using morphological traits have grouped them with Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), and many paleontologists place Palaeoloxodon within Elephas. Here, we report the recovery of full mitochondrial genomes from four and partial nuclear genomes from two P. antiquus fossils. These fossils were collected at two sites in Germany, Neumark-Nord and Weimar-Ehringsdorf, and likely date to interglacial periods similar to 120 and similar to 244 thousand years ago, respectively. Unexpectedly, nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses suggest that P. antiquus was a close relative of extant African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis). Species previously referred to Palaeoloxodon are thus most parsimoniously explained as having diverged from the lineage of Loxodonta, indicating that Loxodonta has not been constrained to Africa. Our results demonstrate that the current picture of elephant evolution is in need of substantial revision. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.25932/publishup-44013 |
| الاتاحة: | https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/44013 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-440139 https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-44013 https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/44013/pmnr790.pdf |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.3D7FE7BF |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.25932/publishup-44013 |
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