Multiple nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences provide new insights into the phylogeny of South African Lacertids (Lacertidae, Eremiadinae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 132-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Engleder ◽  
Elisabeth Haring ◽  
Sebastian Kirchhof ◽  
Werner Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
South African ◽  
Dna Sequences

scholarly journals A rapid loss of stripes: the evolutionary history of the extinct quagga

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer A Leonard ◽  
Nadin Rohland ◽  
Scott Glaberman ◽  
Robert C Fleischer ◽  
Adalgisa Caccone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Rapid Loss ◽  
Mt Dna ◽  
Pleistocene Climate ◽  
Equus Burchelli ◽  
History Of ◽  
Plains Zebra

Twenty years ago, the field of ancient DNA was launched with the publication of two short mitochondrial (mt) DNA sequences from a single quagga ( Equus quagga ) museum skin, an extinct South African equid ( Higuchi et al . 1984 Nature 312 , 282–284). This was the first extinct species from which genetic information was retrieved. The DNA sequences of the quagga showed that it was more closely related to zebras than to horses. However, quagga evolutionary history is far from clear. We have isolated DNA from eight quaggas and a plains zebra (subspecies or phenotype Equus burchelli burchelli ). We show that the quagga displayed little genetic diversity and very recently diverged from the plains zebra, probably during the penultimate glacial maximum. This emphasizes the importance of Pleistocene climate changes for phylogeographic patterns in African as well as Holarctic fauna.

scholarly journals Mitochondrial DNA sequences from a 7000-year old brain

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (20) ◽  
pp. 9775-9787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svante Pääbo ◽  
John A. Gifford ◽  
Allan C. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences

A genetic study of 2,000-year-old human remains from Japan using mitochondrial DNA sequences

1995 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroki Oota ◽  
Naruya Saitou ◽  
Takayuki Matsushita ◽  
Shintaroh Ueda
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Genetic Study ◽  
Human Remains
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