DNA from extinct giant lemurs links archaeolemurids to extant indriids
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although today 15% of living primates are endemic to Madagascar, their diversity was even greater in the recent past since dozens of extinct species have been recovered from Holocene excavation sites. Among them were the so-called &q...
Main Authors: | Hänni Catherine, Douady Christophe J, Godfrey Laurie R, Schnebelen Céline, Calvignac Sébastien, Orlando Ludovic |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2008-04-01
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Series: | BMC Evolutionary Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/8/121 |
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