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2 summaries matching “Homotherium” in Felid Genetics & Evolution
Evolutionary History of Saber-Toothed Cats Based on Ancient Mitogenomics
PaperThis study recovered mitochondrial genomes from the extinct scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium using ancient DNA, including a specimen from the permafrost, to place the sabertooths relative to living ca…
Johanna L. A. Paijmans, Michael Hofreiter, Ross Barnett, et al. · Current Biology · 2017
Research overview: ancient DNA methods applied to extinct and historical felids
OverviewRecovering DNA from extinct cats and historical museum specimens requires specialized techniques to cope with degraded, fragmented, and contaminated genetic material. This overview surveys how researc…