Ancient DNA reveals late survival of mammoth and horse in interior Alaska.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 17, 2009

Authors

James Haile1, Duane G Froese, Ross D E Macphee, Richard G Roberts, Lee J Arnold, Alberto V Reyes, Morten Rasmussen, Rasmus Nielsen, Barry W Brook, Simon Robinson, Martina Demuro, M Thomas P Gilbert, Kasper Munch, Jeremy J Austin, Alan Cooper, Ian Barnes, Per Möller, Eske Willerslev

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.

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