An ‛Aukward' Tale: A Genetic Approach to Discover the Whereabouts of the Last Great Auks.

作者: Jessica E. Thomas , Gary R. Carvalho , James Haile , Michael D. Martin , Jose A. Samaniego Castruita

DOI: 10.3390/GENES8060164

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摘要: One hundred and seventy-three years ago, the last two Great Auks, Pinguinus impennis, ever reliably seen were killed. Their internal organs can be found in collections of Natural History Museum Denmark, but location their skins has remained a mystery. In 1999, Auk expert Errol Fuller proposed list five potential candidate museums around world. Here we take palaeogenomic approach to test which—if any—of Fuller’s likely belong either birds. Using mitochondrial genomes from birds (housed Bremen, Brussels, Kiel, Los Angeles, Oldenburg) known individuals, partially solve mystery that been on scholars’ minds for generations make new suggestions as whereabouts still-missing skin these

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