A 14,000-year-old genome sheds light on the evolution and extinction of a Pleistocene vulture

Affiliations

Per G. P. Ericson: Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Martin Irestedt: Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Dario Zuccon: Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), UMR7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Petter Larsson: Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Jean-Luc Tison: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Örebro University Hospital; Södra Grev Rosengatan
Steven D. Emslie: Department of Biology and Marine Biology, University of North Carolina; Wilmington
Anders Götherström: Centre for Palaeogenetics
Julian P. Hume: Bird Group, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum
Lars Werdelin: Department of Palaeobiology, Swedish Museum of Natural History
Yanhua Qu: Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Abstract

14,000 year old DNA reveals the evolutionary dynamics and adaptations of South American vultures.