On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis

On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis

The island of Gotland houses a number of terrestrial mammalian species even though it was covered with ice during the last glacial period. The purpose of this study is to genetically analyse the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) to deduce its origin and genetic structure during different time periods, a...

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Main Author: Ahlgren, Hans
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Stockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet 2011
Subjects:
aDNA
Lepus timidus
Gotland
Stora Karlsö
mtDNA
migration
phylogeography
Archaeology subjects
Arkeologiämnen
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-su-615382013-01-08T13:32:50ZOn the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysisengAhlgren, HansStockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet2011aDNALepus timidusGotlandStora KarlsömtDNAmigrationphylogeographyArchaeology subjectsArkeologiämnenThe island of Gotland houses a number of terrestrial mammalian species even though it was covered with ice during the last glacial period. The purpose of this study is to genetically analyse the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) to deduce its origin and genetic structure during different time periods, and also to discuss how it reached the island. A 130 base pair sequence of mitochondrial DNA from 38 prehistoric hares was analysed and compared to modern hares from different locations in Europe. The result shows a discrepancy among the samples creating two populations with different origin. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-61538application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic aDNA
Lepus timidus
Gotland
Stora Karlsö
mtDNA
migration
phylogeography
Archaeology subjects
Arkeologiämnen
spellingShingle aDNA
Lepus timidus
Gotland
Stora Karlsö
mtDNA
migration
phylogeography
Archaeology subjects
Arkeologiämnen
Ahlgren, Hans
On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
description The island of Gotland houses a number of terrestrial mammalian species even though it was covered with ice during the last glacial period. The purpose of this study is to genetically analyse the mountain hare (Lepus timidus) to deduce its origin and genetic structure during different time periods, and also to discuss how it reached the island. A 130 base pair sequence of mitochondrial DNA from 38 prehistoric hares was analysed and compared to modern hares from different locations in Europe. The result shows a discrepancy among the samples creating two populations with different origin.
author Ahlgren, Hans
author_facet Ahlgren, Hans
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title On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
title_short On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
title_full On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
title_fullStr On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
title_full_unstemmed On the origin of the mountain hare on the island of Gotland : By means of ancient DNA analysis
title_sort on the origin of the mountain hare on the island of gotland : by means of ancient dna analysis
publisher Stockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet
publishDate 2011
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