Reposted by Raquel Teixeira
Fun collaboration between Xiaole Lei & He Yu in Bejing, and @alexgilardet.bsky.social & @rakkel-tx.bsky.social at #CpgSthlm
Of particular interest, the Altai seems to have functioned as a Long-Term Refugium (sensu Stewart et al 2010, Proc Roy B) & diversity driver.
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Paleogenomics and habitat modeling reveal temperate Eurasian origins of woolly rhinoceroses
The woolly rhinoceros was a prominent Ice Age megafaunal species, and there is limited knowledge regarding its origin and responses to past glacial cycles. We sequenced 29 mitochondrial and 14 nuclear genomes from Pleistocene specimens across Eurasia and ...