Ancient DNA reveals twenty million years of aquatic life in beavers.

Autor:	Xenikoudakis G; Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. Electronic address: geoxenik@gmail.com., Ahmed M; Joseph Moore Museum, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, USA., Harris JC; Joseph Moore Museum, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, USA., Wadleigh R; Joseph Moore Museum, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, USA; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA., Paijmans JLA; Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany., Hartmann S; Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany., Barlow A; Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany., Lerner H; Joseph Moore Museum, Earlham College, Richmond, IN 47374, USA. Electronic address: hlerner@gmail.com., Hofreiter M; Institute for Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Current biology : CB [Curr Biol] 2020 Feb 03; Vol. 30 (3), pp. R110-R111.
DOI:	10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.041
Abstrakt:	Xenikoudakis et al. report a partial mitochondrial genome of the extinct giant beaver Castoroides and estimate the origin of aquatic behavior in beavers to approximately 20 million years. This time estimate coincides with the extinction of terrestrial beavers and raises the question whether the two events had a common cause. (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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