Highly informative ancient DNA ‘snippets’ for New Zealand moa

Uses a short snippet of highly variable mitochondrial control region sequence from moa in New Zealand to characterise a large number of bones previously intractable to DNA analysis as well as bone fragments from swamps to gain information about the haplotype diversity and phylogeography that existed...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-01, Vol.8 (1), p.e50732-e50732
Main Author: McCallum, Jonathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Animals
Biodiversity
Biology
Bone
Bone and Bones - anatomy & histology
Bones
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA fingerprinting of animals
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
Ecological monitoring
Endangered & extinct species
Evolution
Extinct birds
Extinct species
Extinction
Extinction, Biological
Fragmentation
Fragments
Genetic research
Haplotypes
Haplotypes - genetics
Historical structures
Mitochondria
Mitochondrial DNA
Moa
Moas
Museums
Mutation
Natural resources
New Zealand
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Nucleotides - genetics
Palaeognathae - anatomy & histology
Palaeognathae - genetics
Phylogenetics
Phylogeography
Populations
Species diversity
Swamps
Typing
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Summary:Uses a short snippet of highly variable mitochondrial control region sequence from moa in New Zealand to characterise a large number of bones previously intractable to DNA analysis as well as bone fragments from swamps to gain information about the haplotype diversity and phylogeography that existed in five moa species (Pachyornisgeranoides, Dinornis novaezealandiae, Dinornis robustus, Anomalopteryx didiformis and Euryapteryx curtus). Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0050732