TY  - JOUR
A1  - Chang, Dan
A1  - Knapp, Michael
A1  - Enk, Jacob
A1  - Lippold, Sebastian
A1  - Kircher, Martin
A1  - Lister, Adrian M.
A1  - MacPhee, Ross D. E.
A1  - Widga, Christopher
A1  - Czechowski, Paul
A1  - Sommer, Robert
A1  - Hodges, Emily
A1  - Stümpel, Nikolaus
A1  - Barnes, Ian
A1  - Dalén, Love
A1  - Derevianko, Anatoly
A1  - Germonpré, Mietje
A1  - Hillebrand-Voiculescu, Alexandra
A1  - Constantin, Silviu
A1  - Kuznetsova, Tatyana
A1  - Mol, Dick
A1  - Rathgeber, Thomas
A1  - Rosendahl, Wilfried
A1  - Tikhonov, Alexey N.
A1  - Willerslev, Eske
A1  - Hannon, Greg
A1  - Lalueza i Fox, Carles
A1  - Joger, Ulrich
A1  - Poinar, Hendrik N.
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Shapiro, Beth
T1  - The evolutionary and phylogeographic history of woolly mammoths
BT  - a comprehensive mitogenomic analysis
JF  - Scientific reports
N2  - Near the end of the Pleistocene epoch, populations of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) were distributed across parts of three continents, from western Europe and northern Asia through Beringia to the Atlantic seaboard of North America. Nonetheless, questions about the connectivity and temporal continuity of mammoth populations and species remain unanswered. We use a combination of targeted enrichment and high-throughput sequencing to assemble and interpret a data set of 143 mammoth mitochondrial genomes, sampled from fossils recovered from across their Holarctic range. Our dataset includes 54 previously unpublished mitochondrial genomes and significantly increases the coverage of the Eurasian range of the species. The resulting global phylogeny confirms that the Late Pleistocene mammoth population comprised three distinct mitochondrial lineages that began to diverge ~1.0–2.0 million years ago (Ma). We also find that mammoth mitochondrial lineages were strongly geographically partitioned throughout the Pleistocene. In combination, our genetic results and the pattern of morphological variation in time and space suggest that male-mediated gene flow, rather than large-scale dispersals, was important in the Pleistocene evolutionary history of mammoths.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep44585
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 7
PB  - Nature Publishing Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - King, Turi E.
A1  - Gonzalez-Fortes, Gloria M.
A1  - Balaresque, Patricia
A1  - Thomas, Mark G.
A1  - Balding, David
A1  - Delser, Pierpaolo Maisano
A1  - Neumann, Rita
A1  - Parson, Walther
A1  - Knapp, Michael
A1  - Walsh, Susan
A1  - Tonasso, Laure
A1  - Holt, John
A1  - Kayser, Manfred
A1  - Appleby, Jo
A1  - Forster, Peter
A1  - Ekserdjian, David
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Schuerer, Kevin
T1  - Identification of the remains of King Richard III
JF  - Nature Communications
Y1  - 2014
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6631
SN  - 2041-1723
VL  - 5
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Westbury, Michael V.
A1  - Prost, Stefan
A1  - Seelenfreund, Andrea
A1  - Ramirez, Jose-Miguel
A1  - Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth A.
A1  - Knapp, Michael
T1  - First complete mitochondrial genome data from ancient South American camelids - The mystery of the chilihueques from Isla Mocha (Chile)
JF  - Scientific reports
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38708
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 6
PB  - Nature Publ. Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thomas, Jessica E.
A1  - Carvalho, Gary R.
A1  - Haile, James
A1  - Rawlence, Nicolas J.
A1  - Martin, Michael D.
A1  - Ho, Simon Y. W.
A1  - Sigfusson, Arnor P.
A1  - Josefsson, Vigfus A.
A1  - Frederiksen, Morten
A1  - Linnebjerg, Jannie F.
A1  - Castruita, Jose A. Samaniego
A1  - Niemann, Jonas
A1  - Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.
A1  - Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela
A1  - Soares, Andre E. R.
A1  - Lacy, Robert
A1  - Barilaro, Christina
A1  - Best, Juila
A1  - Brandis, Dirk
A1  - Cavallo, Chiara
A1  - Elorza, Mikelo
A1  - Garrett, Kimball L.
A1  - Groot, Maaike
A1  - Johansson, Friederike
A1  - Lifjeld, Jan T.
A1  - Nilson, Goran
A1  - Serjeanston, Dale
A1  - Sweet, Paul
A1  - Fuller, Errol
A1  - Hufthammer, Anne Karin
A1  - Meldgaard, Morten
A1  - Fjeldsa, Jon
A1  - Shapiro, Beth
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Stewart, John R.
A1  - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
A1  - Knapp, Michael
T1  - Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk
JF  - eLife
N2  - The great auk was once abundant and distributed across the North Atlantic. It is now extinct, having been heavily exploited for its eggs, meat, and feathers. We investigated the impact of human hunting on its demise by integrating genetic data, GPS-based ocean current data, and analyses of population viability. We sequenced complete mitochondrial genomes of 41 individuals from across the species' geographic range and reconstructed population structure and population dynamics throughout the Holocene. Taken together, our data do not provide any evidence that great auks were at risk of extinction prior to the onset of intensive human hunting in the early 16th century. In addition, our population viability analyses reveal that even if the great auk had not been under threat by environmental change, human hunting alone could have been sufficient to cause its extinction. Our results emphasise the vulnerability of even abundant and widespread species to intense and localised exploitation.
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47509
SN  - 2050-084X
VL  - 8
PB  - eLife Sciences Publications
CY  - Cambridge
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Thomas, Jessica E.
A1  - Carvalho, Gary R.
A1  - Haile, James
A1  - Martin, Michael D.
A1  - Castruita, Jose A. Samaniego
A1  - Niemann, Jonas
A1  - Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S.
A1  - Sandoval-Velasco, Marcela
A1  - Rawlence, Nicolas J.
A1  - Fuller, Errol
A1  - Fjeldsa, Jon
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Stewart, John R.
A1  - Gilbert, M. Thomas P.
A1  - Knapp, Michael
T1  - An ‛Aukward’ tale
BT  - a genetic approach to discover the whereabouts of the  Last Great Auks
JF  - Genes
N2  - One hundred and seventy-three years ago, the last two Great Auks, Pinguinus impennis, ever reliably seen were killed. Their internal organs can be found in the collections of the Natural History Museum of Denmark, but the location of their skins has remained a mystery. In 1999, Great Auk expert Errol Fuller proposed a list of five potential candidate skins in museums around the world. Here we take a palaeogenomic approach to test which—if any—of Fuller’s candidate skins likely belong to either of the two birds. Using mitochondrial genomes from the five candidate birds (housed in museums in Bremen, Brussels, Kiel, Los Angeles, and Oldenburg) and the organs of the last two known individuals, we partially solve the mystery that has been on Great Auk scholars’ minds for generations and make new suggestions as to the whereabouts of the still-missing skin from these two birds.
KW  - ancient DNA
KW  - extinct birds
KW  - mitochondrial genome
KW  - museum specimens
KW  - palaeogenomics
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/genes8060164
SN  - 2073-4425
VL  - 8
IS  - 6
SP  - 164
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -