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BIOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 601-603Publisher
ROYAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0515
Keywords
evolution; Ursidae; ancient DNA; Atapuerca
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In this study, we have used a technique designed to target short fragments containing informative mitochondrial substitutions to extend the temporal limits of DNA recovery and study the molecular phylogeny of Ursus deningeri. We present a cladistic analysis using DNA recovered from 400 kyr old U. deningeri remains, which demonstrates U. deningeri's relation to Ursus spelaeus. This study extends the limits of recovery from skeletal remains by almost 300 kyr. Plant material from permafrost environments has yielded DNA of this age in earlier studies, and our data suggest that DNA in teeth from cave environments may be equally well preserved.
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