Open AccessGenomic DNA Sequences from Mastodon and Woolly Mammoth Reveal Deep Speciation of Forest and Savanna Elephants
Author(s) -
Nadin Rohland,
David Reich,
Swapan Mallick,
Matthias Meyer,
Richard E. Green,
Nicholas J. Georgiadis,
Alfred L. Roca,
Michael Hofreiter
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000564
Subject(s) - mammoth , biology , ecology , extant taxon , paleontology , evolutionary biology
This study compares three extant elephants species - forest, savanna, and Asian - to extinct mammoth and mastodon. Surprisingly, forest and savanna elephants in Africa today are as distinct from each other as mammoth and Asian elephants.
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