Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates

2015/03/18 by Frido Welker, Matthew J. Collins, Jessica A. Thomas +35 · 13 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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